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STILL WATERS
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1929.
'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep," if not was taken about the singing and "the limit" as a title, is surely the dancing exercises to follow. Both limit of endurance on the part of child and foster-father are doing. London's play-goers.
well, thank you.
Hong Kong Is Thrilled
The announce-
that our
PRAPS
P'RAPS NOT!
And to think that such a play with such a title comes from those whose glory reflects (second-hand) a
hope to give per- An Abardonian offered to stand Certain amount of literary pres-formances of "The Geisha," a drinks all round. Five men .col. tige on this tight little Colony of their next public venture, has been lapsed and had to be taken to Hong Kong should surely set us received with much interest by hospital. Que of them died. a-thinking. Not since Somerset Hong Kong's music-lovers. "The Coroner's verdict: "Death from Maughan wrote "The Painted Geisha" is a happy choice, if for sudden shock." Veil" (all about us) have we felt no other reason than that it is so thrilled!
The Ph ment harmonic's local Philhar- An alarming incident took place Choice monic Society recently in a Piccadilly restaurant.
Before the results
many years since it was performa ed in the Colony, and that it, South American Republic the eus
They gave the president of the. being light and merry and bright,
а are
Mr. H. W. of the General will be a welcome change from tomary salute of twenty-one guns, Looker and Election
the more solid opera or operetta but, I'm afraid it was a failure."
***How ?" Capt. Wise thing of the past, type of performance," "The
"They missed him?” mention might be Geisha" is light though not "too made of two candidates both light"-musical comedy, and has alas, among the unsuccessful retained its popularity wonder- who were formerly associated fully and deservedly.
with the Colony-Mr. Herbert. Looker and Captain Wise Though it is now quite a few years since Mr. Looker practised as a solicitor among us-(he was
It is now at Of Ever Green least thirty- Variety A ve years since it was
as
The overweight woman was being watched by two boys as she stepped on the scales. The machine re- gistered seventy-five pounds.
"Geah Bill, she's hollow."
Landlady: 'I think you had
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Boarder: Better board else- of where.
for years a partner with first performed in London, when better board elsewhere. "Deacons") he is still well remem- Miss Marie Tempest (then Buarder: Yes, I often had. bered and highly esteemed by well-known as a fine singer of Landlady: Often had what? many in Hong Kong, who noted "light music" as she now is as a his Parliamentary activities dur-
very accomplished actress ing the past few years with deep light comedy") was in the cast interest. From 1924 until the re-as "Mimosa San." If we mis-
"So you're really going to shoot cent close of Mr. Baldwin's ad-take not, she "created" the part your husband just for my sake?** ministration, Mr. Looker had.re- and succeeded admirably in it, as
"Yes. I promised him I'd be presented South East Essex with she had done in "Dorothy" a few faithful until death and I couldn't. conspicuous success, and he was gradually becoming quite a well-years earlier. The late Hayden think of telling a lie."
Coffin was the "Geisha's" leading known figure in the House of tenor in the original cast, and also Commons.
was a very great success. That is going "a long way back."
-On The High Road To Success
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on ac-
"Du account of that was all I
Imagine how the college pro- fessor who was out after butter- flies felt when little Johnnie ask- Frequently, he
ed: "Are you the dog catcher ?" made pertinent
Since the statements with
"That burglar held me up and Popular Then "The Geisha" regard to Far
he money, but And Now Eastern affairs,
has been, fre-demanded my
took only five dollars on account." quently on the regarding which he was an
"What do you mean, acknowledged authority. It is stage both in London and else
count " not improbable that had the Con- where and evidently still retains Its music and than to the toting up of dollars,servative Party been successful at its popularity.
had cents or L.S.D. One of his pen the Election, at least a minor liberetto are of the sparkling" sketches that appeared in a popu-Ministerial post of importance variety, and among its most popu Bob, the gab, had returned home lar magazine was so remarkably would have been offered to our lar numbers may be specially reminiscent of one of the vener erstwhile citizen. But, alas! what mentioned "The Amorous Gold and was confiding to his father his Intention of settling down with able chiefs of "Wayfoong" that with defeat for himself in his con- Fish" and "The Jewel of Asia,"
banking stituency-even though by which at one time, all over the one of the girls of his dreams. young Wodehouse's
"And now that I've told you I'm career (possibly owing to that narrow majority (fully 10,000 world, were sung, whistled or
hummed to everyone's heart's going to marry Isobel," he said, reason or some other of the kind) votes going to him)-and was brought suddenly to an end. Party being eclipsed, the potential content. It will be good to hear "there's one more thing I want to Since then he has goue steadily on post will have to be regarded as them again when our local Phil- get off my chest."
harmonic Society present them in popularity as a writer and to-"something deferred."
in the Theatre Royal next day probably has earned more
December. money than he ever handled as a bank clerk.
And this, of
Why Not M.P. For Hong Kong
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a
his
Of Captain Wise we have to con- fess that we know nothing with re- Bank Clerk Of course, conciu-
gard to his con- Story Writer sively proves nection with the Colony. He, as that, whereas a stated, also shared the fate of
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"What's that Y asked Dad. "That tattooed heart with Mar- guerite's name on it."
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Very Pretty Girl (in art gal Opportunities for ery): "I believe you have a very Charms of sightseeing not beautiful 'constable' here?" Yuetshing being su encour- New Attendant: "Dunno, miss Goddess aging as in "the unless it's 'Erbert 'ere ain't
old days," it probably be the old- bad-looking."
of
Sue: What is the correct trans-
Jack: "Faithful to the last!" Sue: "How unkind!
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And you
"What did you tell father about
youth may be but an indifferent a large number of Conservative will bank clerk, he may be (as in the candidates. Evidently it was his timer who knows Yuetshing. case of Wodehouse)-a wonder- first venture into the political on the West River. There is a lation of the motto on that lovely fully popular stor-writer and arena. Perhaps he will be luckier goddess there who is famous ring you gave me q dramatist. But, for all that, we on the next occasion. If not, per-throughout the province fervently hope that Hong Kong's haps he might again get in touch Kwangtung. This year, says a bank clerks will not try the ex-with the Colony and be Hong correspondent, the celebrations always told me I was the first!"* periment without giving the mat-Kong's "very own" House of were on a very ambitious scale: ter very, very serious considera- Commons representative or the The people had suffered less from tion, for clever writing (even of member for Kowloon with
the molestation of pirates and the "popular variety") is not quite special mission from the KR.A robbers than in many years past. your prospects?" she asked. so easy as it sometimes seems. It is high time that we were re- Many of the gaudy tow-boats "I told him I expected in the Better, much better, to earn a
be helped by a rich presented in the Commons. which constitute the lifeblood of near future Hong Kong, Saturday, June 29, 1929, bank clerk's salary than to wait a Macao is in Lisbon, so why not West River ports were at Yuet relative."
considerable time before realising Hong Kong in London?
shing for as long as four or five "Why,, Charles, you told me you that one cannot earn any at all as
days, leaving very few in the had no rich relatives." a writer.
trade. Yes, Yuetshing at festival "I know it, but I'll have ous after In the course time is well worth seeing! and the wedding, won't I?" The Automatic of a state-there are a few very comfortable But to return
Telephone ment made "Not Popular to our collabor.
steamers which go up from Hong Have you heard of the Scots- For Nothing" ators - Wode- the annual meeting of the Shang-Aag.
last week at Kong regularly under the Britisn man who built ទព apartment house and "Ian
house and left the fire escapes of For Hong Kong surely bet-Hay" (otherwise Beith). As we hai Mutual Telephone Co., Ltd.,
because it was leap year? ter than no have stated, quite a lot is, to be. Mr. J. H: Wilson, the Deputy En- glory, at all. Therefore, when we expected nowadays from either gineer-in-Chief, said: see the names of two play as indeed both have given us good reason that they are "not popular wrights, well-known in Hong for nothing. If Wodehouse had Kong, figuring not only promin- written nothing more — and it is ently in London's theatrical quite world but likewise collaborating, surely it should give us pause" as our American friends tersely express It, cause us to "ait
Reflected "Reflected Glory" glory is
Or,
up and take notice."?
a lot in itself- than his many short stories, he would have deserved well of the multitude of magazine readers
“Boa, Ban
Black Sheep
[In London it was estimated that
it would require 20 years to subati-
The Government intends to order tute the automatic for the manual two flat bottom hardwood barges for system, in Paris from 15 to 20 the Sanitary Department, each 50 years. In Oslo, in 1819 he (Mr. feet in length. Wilson) helped in two exchanges.
He recently received information
that the entire system of 40,000 The forthcoming wedding is-an-
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"Do you think a married wo- man should work?"
"Sure; I don't see why she should go hungry just because she has a husband.”
Buck: What's the difference be
ference between your canine and the planet Mara ? A farewell tea party to Mr. Lim Buck: We know that my dog Hoy-lan, Head Master of the Wah is inhabited. Names must Yan College, will be given at the Duckling be left out of Lane Crawford restaurant at 4 p.m. Trained lo this para-to-day.
Sing & Dance graph for fear]
at Yaumati
1.
H. M. the King has
not been
line had just beer completed.1. nounced of Mr. Paul England tween my dog and the planet Mars? How long, therefore, is it likely Barker to Miss Mary Bertha Watts, Wing Just what is the dif (at least of the lighter order of to be before the automatic system of No. 1, Queen's Gardens. ephemeral fiction) but also he will be in working order in Hong Nu. wrote: "What Happened to Kong? Psmith" and many other quite "merry and bright stories. And The collaborators Ian Hay," (perhaps because he Wodehouse in question are is a Scotsman") strikes a more
And
P. P. J. Wode serious (though not too serious "Ian Hay" house and "lan a note) is well-known as the
a of making the Regulations closing that part of advised to exercise his power of Hay.”
Here, in author of "The First 10,000" and, "hero" blush: but it is perfectly Second-street between Pokfulam-disallowance with respect to Ordin- Hong Kong, the name of Wode even better known, as the de- true to say, that there is a Civil road and Eastern-street (In the ance No. 6 of 1929 (an Ordinance house is well-known, as it is servedly popular author of a real Servant in the Colony who has Sayingpun district) are published to amend the constitution of the that of our respected Deputy ly bright play that was, not so vowed to retain a duckling, to sing in the "Gazette."
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Captain Superintendent of Police, long ago, really brightly played by and dance. It came about this
Corporation). brother of the playwright men- Hong Kong's A.DC, namely, way. The officer concerned was tioned. The name of "Lan Hay "The Sport of Kings,""
down at one of the river steam-accepted by the GovernmentGN. The following bonder has been
the return to the Colony of is perhaps not quite so well-
boat wharves when someone, just No S. 177, Mesers. Wo Hing & Co., the Hon. Mr. WT. Southern, known in the Colony as that of
Well, one would for fun, pressed what appeared our very able fellow citizen-Mrs
have supposed to be an outsize in eggs into his $2,547.60, for repairs to the slipway C.M.G. his resumption of duty as Coloniat Secretary in gazetted, to- B. D. F. Beith, "Ewo's" taipan,
that from two palm. In the same spirit, the re-
gether with Mr. D. W. Tratman's who is the brother of Tan Hay
such popular cipient pocketed the egg and for-
During the absence on leave of resumption as Clerk of Councils Lt. Col. Beith,
writers (indirectly identified got about it until he reached his Condr J. B. Newill, D.5.0., R.N. (and Assistant Colonial Secretary), with Hong Kong) that their col quarters when he cast the egg (retired), Mr. T. W. H. Hosegood And so Hong laboration would produce at least as he thought-oblivion, to wit Assistant Harbour Master) vill Mr. Lalchand Wataamal, the Popular Kong, which, so a genuine work of genius. But 3 packing case in the corner of a act as Deputy Harbour Master. Sindal silk and curio exporter, left Dramatists far, has not it is not so. Their play, which is room, cheek by jowl with the of To-day evolved a play-(or was running in London radio set. Some days afterwards, Hyderabad, on June 4 for Bombay,
The Kowloon Fire Brigade re- Madras and wright of its own, becently is entitled-what do you the zi went wrong and the ceived a call from No. 277, Temple rected to arrive here in the middle basks in the reflected glory of think? Well, merely "Baa, Baa, owner thereupon began to tinker Street, Yaumu, yesterday, a small of August. Fe is coming to inspect Wodehouse and Beith("lan Black Sheep. The London with it when he heard faint fire among some blankets being the the branches of his firm in Hong Ilay) who, unquestionably, are "Daily Telegraph saya so "and Whimperings which he traced to popular dramatists in many parts so it must be so. That dis the long ignored box. What did cause of the alarm The outbreak Kong, Canton and Shanghai. of the world?
tinguished journal also says of it he see then? The duckling try- was soon extinguished. that it is a "silly but funny playing to quack, looking up at him The final showings of the excel- ANOTHER LOCAL LIMERICK Of Wodehouse, Doubtless it is, for a play with pathetically hungry but never Wodehouse who is even such a title as "Baa, Baa, Blacktheless disdainful of his shell Lady of the Pavements are en- A journalist's beautiful daughter
And more widely Sheep even though it might be the egg had been hatched! The "Wayfoons known as a very funny could hardly escape breeder called in the fellow-occu-nounced to-day. Miss Doris Woods, Came out to the East, 23 Re-
paughter,UME short story being classed as "silly Perhaps pants of his quarters who one and who sings the Waltz Theme, "I Love
But she didn't stay lang writer than as a playwright, it is the collaborators have quite all adopted and christened the You, adds greatly to the success of
When she got to Hong Kong said that when he was a clerk clear idea of the kind of readers duckling "Chow" was procured the picture. Her beautiful voice is
of the shortage they mostly attract and the kind and, at its first ineal, the duckling heard to great advantage, and is Because
waughter Bank (in London) he was much of audience whom they wish to showed such promise of being able much appreciated. It is a picture
roll up to see their plays. But to quack and strut that the yow that should not be missed.
in the Hong Kong and Shanghai
more devoted to his literary work
lent Film at the Queen's, "The
Colombo. He is ex-
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