Evening star., 1932-11-15
III MERCURIo, Santiago.-Tomor-
= row, for the first time, Santi-
ago will have a chance to wit
- ness the thrilling drama en-

titled La Cabana del Tio Tom"
("Uncle Toms Cabin'D. The play will
be produced by Juan Domenech and his
Compania de Melodramas, at the Tea
tro Reina Victoria, during the afternoon
and evening This spectacle, treating
of the time when human slavery was
an institution in the United States, is
said to have precipitated the North
American Civil War.
German Inscriptions
in CrematOry Forbidden.
La Suisse, Geneva.-M. Baxa, the
mayor Of Prague, has directed that
hereafter urns deposited in the halls
of the crematory of that capital must
not bear any inscriptions in German.
Recently the family of a German jour-
nalist who died at Prague desired to
inscribe on the urn Of the deceased,
in addition to his name, simply the
words, "Ruhe sanfit" Crest peaceful
ly'). But the mayor refused his con-
sent. and stated that he purposed to
extend the tnterdiction to German epi-
taphs in the cemeteries as well.
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Sleep on Brick Stoves
in Northern Chi-a.
Fu-Jen, Peiping-In the north of
China the ma ycs sleep on brick stoves
or ovens known as k'angs.
Under the empire men were divided
into the following classes in order of
Importance: The scholar, the farmer,
the artisan and the merchant The
scholar still occupies the first place.
The temple bells of China are not
equipped with clappers or tongues but
are struck with pieces Of wosd or
beams.
The game Of chess Is said to have
been invented by the Emperor WI
Wang in 1920 BIC.
When an eclipse occurs, the Chinese
have an old custom of beating gongs
and drums to keep a certain monster
dog from swallowing the sun or moon.
A Chinese shakes his own hand and
not yours when he greetS you
The Chinese regard the carving Of
meat at table as barbarous practice.
Everything must be adapted to the
manipulation of the customary chop
sticks.
The three great social ties in China
are these of superior and inferior, father
and son, husband and wife.
The Chinese have no weekly day of
rest They have, however, many fe.ti-
val days The New Year celebration
lasts at least several days.
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Carrying Gun Brings
Harsh Penalties.
La Opinion, Santo Domingo.-In the
Tribunal of Justice of First ASsizeS yes
! te1day, charges against Juan de La
Rosa Mendez Of carrying pistol with
out the corresponding permit and
authority we're sustained. Despite what
might in many cases have been
| considered extenuating circumstances,
Merdez was sentenced to pay fine Of
| 900 pesos gold, and to suffer the
further penalty of a ysar in prison.
Small Boys Much
Alike Over World.
LIE Soir, BrusSelS.-A papa walks
along a street leading to tramway
station. The hour is autumnal and
matutinal; the sky is gray and the air
| Is fresh. On his right, the gentleman
| leads by q hand his little girl-m
reality, she considers herself a big one,
| for she Is already Z or 8 years old. At
his left. little fist firmly clasped in the
paternal palm, trots much younger
| child, a "garconnet" (small boy, sulky
| ill-resigned, plaintive and very much
| demurring Quite evidently, they are
| en- their way to school. Little brother,
without doubt, is being escorted there
for the first time.
mol don't want tol" he keeps