The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-24
ROUGH SEAPORT
is REAI,l- & g Dry

ung liquor are SO great that pleasure
loving Vladtvosto has apparentlysde-
Ic1ded to get along without 1t and the
cares chantants and music halls are
making merry on ginger ale, coffee
land Russian tea served with lemon.
4 The charges for these drinks are
quite as high as those for alcohol in
ordinary times. SO the spender who
enjoys liquor chiefly because it is
costly can still feel that his money
us being kept in circulation. E
= haven't. taken any liquor for
three months. :, the manager Of one OF
lthe important banks in Vladivostok
remarked to the correspon lent OF the
4 Associated Press. II don't miss II.
Inow and would feel rather guilty Il &
drank in vtolatio Of the imperial or
der. Most Of my friends feel the same
way. The folks in the banking bust
ness have all sseen the economic value
lof prohibition. It has jumped saw
ings accounts up at a4rapids rat 81
When asked IL the war order
against alcohol would be made per-
manent the bank manager sr he
thought. such action quite prl Bile.
The women Of Siberia are quite as
Keen to have permanent prohibition
as the womenko Of European, Russia, e
he replied. They are urging It In
every way possible. It means more
food and comforts for them and their
children. Women talk to me nearly
every day about 1t. They have money
now In spite OF the higher cost Of 4
living brought about by the war;
Once "a Gay City.
Before the war vladivostok was
one OF the gayest places in Asia. It's |
cafes ran at full blast until s. or Z 4
O'clock in the morning and dinners
seldom got under way before mid
night. The miners, railway men, cat
;tlemen and fur hunters from Eastern
Siberia all conferred at ;vladiyostok,
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 harbor dis
charging war supplies. Consequently
the floating population is large and
the all-night revels would probably
go on as usual were It not that liquor
has vanished. The police require all
places of amusement to close at
O'clock, and take wanderers in Gus
tody who are not, properly account
ed for at their lodg ings by that time.
[. So the dinner hour In the Siberian
Paris has been moved up to- 10i|
O'clock and the orchestra and per-
formers in the canes chantants open
their programs at that hour. The
|gayest Of these cafes is now offering
revue something after the order OF
those produced in European capitals.
Political Jokes are the chief feature
OF the performance. One Of the ac-
tors tmpersonates the Sultan and de-
plores at great length the fate into
which he has been trapped by Ger
many. Another actor caricatures
Emperor Francis Joseph. with very
exaggerated whiskers. and Is given
q sound drubbing by muscular
young woman. dressed to represent
Hungary. who charges the aged mon
arch with gross mismanagement Of
Affairs. Two young women, repre-
senting Roumania and Greece appear
with baskets labeled "neutrality,'
and endeayor to get q high bid for
their baskets. The revue closes with
9 tableau in which Russia and her
Allies are all represented by young
women who stand triumphant actors
representing downcast enemies.
Circus Crippled.
Vladivostok also has a circus which,
has enjoyed a run OF several months
and Is housed in permanent quar-
tiers. But the car has claimed most
of the strong men and the acrobats
for his army. SO the performers arei
now chiefly women and animals. A
few male performers who are neu-
trails still have place in the pro-
grams. along with the trained dogs.
cats. horses and parrots. Several
clowns beyond the military age i'm
personate Germans and delight the
audience with thrustss at the kaiser.
The attendance at the circus is con-
fined chiefly to the cheaper seats and
Standing space, where soldiers and
sailors in uniform accompanied by
their swaothearts, applaud the pe~-
formance heartily. al " s,l.s
Moving picture theaters are NUM-
|c.ous in vladiyostok and verS veil
attended. War pictures are especially
popular. In one OF these theaters
the correspondent Of the Associated
Press saw film purporting to show
|warships preparing to move against
the Dardanelles from which the ar
! ists failed to blot out the Brooklyn
bridge and the names OF American
attleships passing review
. +. ~
Perfumessare being put up In PEN
lcil form, like the familiar headache
pencils. y q "A IA