An officer on the Western front told a London Pressman this nice little tale of the Chinese coolies that have been employed in his district. "They ha<J some sports last week, mostly oompose<i of strange ceremonial dances with wooden weapons. A brass band was sent down to perform for them, we could not understand why all their plaudits were reserved for the trombones, two of which were included in tho band- Their players were surrounded and separated from the rest of the band by a crowd of shouting, laughing 'Chinks.' The puzzle was explained to us by an interpreter. The ooqlies thought that it was a first-class conjuring trick, and thatjeacb time the performer pulled in his hands he swallowed/ the disappearing part of his instrument.'*
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16310, 6 September 1918, Page 9
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