South African Pictorial - Volume 17 (Jul-Dec 1923)

Aucust 4, 1923. CONSOLATION PRIZES IN OUR BEAUTY COMPETITION. . oe “> “NN « . te ~_ cae 5 Bt Pha ie ye ras Oa ; ; : ox “a ” b= owe 4 “3 i. ~ he 0S Lip? Ltpatigc> Sy A SeirE, ri, aio~ = \ re PAA er en e ss Cs SOUTH AFRICAN PICTORIAL. 11 A LIST OF THE CONSOLATION PRIZES IN “THE S.A. PICTORIAL” BEAUTY COMPETITION WILL BE FOUND ON PAGE §8. Left: The Prizes. displayed in Messrs. Ward & Salmons’ window, Eloff Street, Johannesburg. Right: A closer view of some of the Prizes, including the cheques for the three first prizes. The advance paused. But from that time J ohnson was openly committed. He was one of the reformers. A Malay Feast. = The Malays in Cape Town are a curious but large section of that medley of races that are to be found in the byeways. of the town. They are a very self-centred community and extremely law-abiding. And always, to the European observer, they seem to be holding high festival. Life in the Malay quarter seems to be a constant succession of fasts and feasts. I have been in their mosques, I have seen them marry; I have partaken of their generous hospitality. Yet they remain, always, curiously detached and aloof. A good many of the Malays of the Cape are now on pilgrimage to Mecca. Two months ago picturesque scenes were witnessed at the docks, when the Union-Castle liner sailed up the East Coast carrying many pilgrims for Mecca. I recollect the boat leaving with one old bearded priest standing in the stern, his arms outstretched and a look of ecstasy on his face. And the Malays who had come down in their hundreds to see the boat depart bowed themselves in prayer. Now I hear that five have died on the long and arduous pilgrimage. Two of them were women. The news has Just reached the Malay community in Cape Town. But this has not prevented them from holding high festival this week, when many sheep were slaughtered and the flesh distributed among the poor and needy. The mosques have been crowded with bare-footed crowds, and, passing them in the evening, I have heard prayers being intoned to the glory of Allah. The Flat Habit. There is no doubt that the flat habit is growing in Cape Town. Blocks of flats are springing up, mushroom fashion, all along the residential parts of the coast. And I hear that many of these flats are booked even before they are built. HIS MAJESTY’S: PERCY HUTCHISON D Photos by African Film Productions, Ltd. Cape Town seems to be taking to the flat habit with remarkwble alacrity. Chiefly, the shortage and the expense of houses in the Cape are responsible for this social departure: Building is progressing fairly well, but the present cost of living makes a married man think hard before entering upon the expense of a house. The flat is an excellent compromise. Particularly it appeals to the women, for it enables them to escape a great deal of the drudgery of house-work. BEACHCOMBER. MISS MURIEL STARR. Miss Muriel Starr, who, as announced last week, is heading the African Theatres’ New Dramatic Company which will open at His Majesty’s Theatre, Johannesburg, on August 27 in “‘ Secrets,’’ is a Canadian by birth, although after her sixth year her home was made in New York. She was seen there by a representative of the Australian and ex-South African theatrical firm of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., playing Mary Turner in ‘‘ Within the Law,’’ and was engaged by him to play the part in Australia, where she became a popular idol and played leading parts in a number of subsequent dramatic productions. After her first’ season in Melbourne over 200 ‘“ Gallery Girls ’’ turned up at the station to see Miss Starr off by train, and literally loaded her compartment with little presents denoting their affection and admiration for her. Miss Starr comes to South Africa from New York vid London. ““I hear Jones is always setting traps for his wife.”’ “How awful! Jealousy, I suppose? ”’ ** No—mice.’’ IN ‘“‘ NIGHTIE-NIGHT.”’