Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-25

e nigh as those for alcohol III orda- /
nary times. go the speader who en-
joys liquor chiefly because it is cost
~ can still feel that his money IA
being kept In circulation.
Il haven't taken any liquor for three
months the manager Of one OF the
important hanks OF Viadivostok re-
marked TO the Correspondent OF The
Associated Press. Il don't miss 1t
now and would feel rather guilty Il
drank in violation of the imperial or
der. Most of my friends feel the same
way The folks in the banking busi-
ness have all seen the economic value
Of prohibition. It has jumped savings
accounts up at rapid rate.
When asked If the war order against
alcohol would be made permanent the
| bank manager said he thought such
action quite probable. THE women of
| Siberia are quite as keen to have per-
manent prohibition as the women OF
/ European Russia he replied. They
are urging 1t in every way possible. 1t
means more food and comforts for
them and their children. Women talk
to me nearly every day about it. They
have money now in spite Of the higher
! cost Of living brought about by the
wal"
| Before the war Yladivostok was one
Of the gayest places In Asia. It's cafes
ran at full blast until 6 or even Z
O'Clock in the morning and diners sell
dom got under way before midnight.
THE miners, railway men, cattlemen
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 ship
ping has grown amazingly and there
are seldom less than 10 freight steam
ers in the harbor diBcharging war sup
plies. Consequently the boating pop
ulation is large and the all-night rev
els would probably go on as usual were
lit not that liquor has vanished, the po-
lice require all places of amusement t0
close at ! o'clock, and take wanderers
in custody who are not properly &C.
Icounted for at their lodgings by that
5 time
= So the dinner hour In the Siberian
r Paris has been moved up to 10 O'CLOCK
4 and the orchestra and performers if
. the cafes chantants open their pro
a grams at that hour The gayest o
g these cafes is now offering a revue
: something after the order of those pro
+ duced in European capitals. Politiea
e jokes are the chief feature Of the per
: sonates the sultan and deplores a
Igreat length the fate into which he ha
8 been trapped by Germany. Another &C
4 tor carieatures Emperor Francis Jos
= eph, with very exaggerated whiskers
:. and is given sound drubbing by
d musciar young woman, dressed to rep
= resent Hungary, who charges the age
!. monarch with gross mismana cement @
= affairs. Two Young women, repre-
Isenting Rumania and Greece appea
= with baskets labelled Neutrality" an
d endeavor TO get a high bid for thei
# baskets. The revue closes with tab
= leau in which Russia and her allie
IS are all represented by young w0me
0 who stand triumphant over actors rep
iresenting downcast enemies.
r Vadivostok also has circus whic
g has enjoyed q run of several month
i and is housed in permanent quarter,
But the car has claimed most of til
strong men and the acr0bats for his
army So the performers are nol
chiefly women and animals. 4 fe7
male performers who are neutrals sti
= have a place on the programs, aIon
I with the trained dogs, cats, horses an
! parrots. Several clowns beyond til
military age impersonate Germans an
delight the audience with thrusts {
II the kaiser,
The attendance at the circus is cor
fined chiefly to the cheaper seats an
the standing space, where soldiers an
I sailors in uniform accompanied b
their sweethearts, applaud the PEI
Torrance heartily.
II Moving picture theatres are nun
TT erous in Vladivostok and very well al
= tended. War pictures are especial
u popular, In one of these theatres til
correspondent of The Associated Pres
saw film purporting to show wal
u ships preparing TO move against III
~ Dardanelles from which the artist fai
u ed to blot out the Brooklyn bridge an
~ the names on American battleshiE
= passing review