THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 8, 1937.
Attractive Programme
Of Variety
Today's Wireless
12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.—A Recital by Stuart Ro- bertson (Baritone) and Benno Moi- seivitch (piano).
1 p.m.--Local: Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-The
chestra.
New Mayfair Or-
1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press, Rugby Press, Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.
1.40 p.m.-Vocal Gems.
1.57 p.m.-Patricia Rossborough at the
piano.
2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
4-7 p.m.--Chinese Programme.
7
p.m.-12
gramme.
midnight-European
7 p.m.-Orchestre Symphonique.
Impressions d'Italie
Suite (Charpentier).
No. 1
Serenade,
No. 2. — A la Fontaine.
No. 3
A Mules.
No. 4 - Sur les Cimes.
No. 5 Napoli.
Menuet (Boecherini).
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's :::: ZEK 640 k.c's.
Anatole Kitain.
Soprano Solo-
Mannella Mia (Neapolitan
Song), (trans: Giannini).
O Sole Mio (Di Capus).
Dusolina Giannini.
Violin Solos-
Folk
Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A Ma-
jor (Brahms Jeachim).
Zapateado, Op. 23 (Sarasate).
Yehudi Menuhin.
Tenor Solos-
Pro-
7.30 p.m.-Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Keep your seats please, When I'm cleaning windows,
George Formby (Comedian),” Hawaiian-
Waltzing to the Guitar,
Hawaiian Guitar Solo by Len
Vocal-
Fillis.
Goodbye, little dream, goodbye,
Yvonne Printemps,
Sing me a swing song." Piano Solos
Piano "Show Memories”,
arr.
Turner Layton,
She moved thro' the Fair (County
Donegal
Traditional;
Herbert Hughes).
The Lark in the clear air (Irish
Melody), (Ferguson). Sydney, MacEwan.
17.57 p.m.-Local: Weather Report.
Humorous
Our Amateur Night,
Vocal
A
8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal. London--
'Responsibilities of Empire"-4 talk by the Hon. R. G. Casey, D.S.O., M.C. (Treasurer of the Common- wealth of Australia), (Electrical Re- cording).
Summary and Exchange Market Re-18.15 p.m.-A Variety Programme.
port.
7.33 p.m.-Concert Items.
Pianoforte Solo-
Feux Follets (Liszt).
BRIDGE NOTES
Accordeon Medley-
Accordeon Parade of 1936,
The Piano-Accordeon Virtuosì. Humorous
By ELY CULBERT ON
The Correct Line Of Play
The Regal Radio Party.;
High Hat, Trumpet and Rhythm, Until the real thing comes along,
Valaida. Orchestra
Flapperette,
The Doll Dance,
Nat Shilkret & His Orchestra. Instrumental-
The Yodelling Mouth Organ
Player
.George Van Dusen. Vocal
Goodnight,
Orchestra-
Memories of you; Rain; Goodbye Blues; It don't mean a thing; Happy feet; Everybody loves by Baby; I got.rhythm.....Harry Royand. His Tiger-Ragamuffins. Vocal-
There's something in the air,
Ruth Etting. Hawaiian-
Lei Gardenia,,
Charles Kullman (Tenor).
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Rugby League Cup Final Commentary
Royal Hawaiian Band.
Accordeon Solo-
Black and, white,
9.30 p.m.-London
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nouncements.
Viljo Vesterinen.
News and
9.55 p.m. Dance Music,
Fox-Trot
The skeleton in the cupboard. Pennies from Heaven.
Weary.
Let it be me.
Slow Fox-Trot-
In the chapel in the moonlight. Waltz Golden Heart.
10.15 p.m.London-Big Ben,
Dance Music.
Fox-Trot
Ostrich Walk. Bluin' the Blues,
Waltz-
Secret rendezvous. The one rose. Fox-Trot
Cowboy.
It's got to be love.
An-
Slow Fox-Trot-Lady from Mayfair.
Rumba-Cuban Pete.
Waltz-Oh, Mr. Man in the Moon. 10.45 p.m. London .The Rugby League Cup Final. A commentary by Lance B. Todd and Hubert Bate- man on the Rugby League Football Match. From the Empire Stadium, Wembley. (By courtesy of the Rugby League Council). 11.45 p.m.Dance Music.
-Fox-Trot-
Your feet's too big. The Mayor of Alabam”.
'Head over heels.
There's that look in your eyes
Waltz Music in May.: 12 midnight.Close down.
again.
What's On At the Cinemas
AT THE KING'S
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Sometimes those hands which ap- This line of play would fulfil a
to be pear
the most innocuous double purpose. If the opponents, teach the soundest lessons in plan- after winning the diamond trick, ning the play. On the hand in to-shifted to trumps, East could then. day's articles there is only one cor-change his plan and attempt to set rect line of play to enable declarer up the diamond suit. By leading out to fulfil his contract. Although the the diamond immediately and by hand does not appear to be a dif-retaining dummy's club King as an Musical Springtime romance, with all the love of his Baltimore sweetheart, "Maytime” -brother, the Emperor Napoleon, for ficult one, it is one which excellent-entry card, this could probably be its appealing beauty and charm, en- Betty Patterson. ly illustrates principle of prepared- accomplished, assuming that the chanting scenery and gorgeous oper- ness in the way.
spade Queen did not offer too much atic settings to form a suitable back- AT THE STAR-"Fighting Stock", difficulty. The second reason why MacDonald, whoresistible Jeannette with the popular Aldwych couple, Tom
surpasses... herself. East decided to play the diamond Nelson Eddy, whose marvellous voice
Walls and Ralph Lynn. to trick 2 is that he realized that in and attractive personality, finds great order to cross-ruff the hand he must scope plays the leading male role. John leave himself some way of return-Barrymore heads the long list of not- able names in the supporting cast ing to his own hand. The best which includes Herman Bing and Ra-Jean Arthur and James Ellison, A way to do this is to ruff diamonds faella Ottïaní. and fulfil the contract by taking two club tricks, one heart trick and seven spade tricks.
North, dealer.
East and West vulnerable.
WEST
SK 92
H.-6
NORTH
S.-8.6
H.-K 10 9 8 3 D.-K 10 9 2 C.-5 4
D.-Q J 86 5
C—K 7 6 2
EAST
S-A J 10 5 4
H-A 74 2 D.-3 C-A 9 3
SOUTH
S.-Q. 7 3:
H-Q J 5
D-A 7 4
C-Q J 10 8.
The bidding:
North East
South
Pass 1 S
Pass
Pass
Pass
West' 2 D 3 S Pass
Pass 2 S Pass 4 S Pass
The bidding of both East and West is above reproach, East rebids a spade suit. which is some what below the required strength, but this is his only possible re sponse to West's two-diamond takeout.
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COMING PICTURES
“The Pläinsman," with Gary Cooper, tensely dramatic and inspiring epic of America in the making. Coming to the Oriental.
AT THE ALHAMBRA AND QUEEN'S "Wings of the Morning, with Henry Fonda, Leslie Banks, John "After The Thin Man,” Ith McCormick and Annabella.
The first Myrna Loy as Nora Charles, epitome film is an amazing advance on British technicolour production, this of the sophisticated modern wife who similar entertainments of the past. It Powell in ferreting out crimes against any assists her famous husband William portrays all the beauty of Ireland a San Francisco background. Coming gypsy life, military pageant and Derby to the King's. Day in vivid fashion. Annabella, a new a superb actress. French "find," is not only beautiful but
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"Smartest Girl In Town," with Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern; Helen Broad- AT THE ORIENTAL—Those_Three erick and Eric Blore, Delightful, hu- Old Favourites, William Powell, mour is combined with a fast moving Myrna Loy and Jean Harlow in "Li-plot to give the fullest play to the ver belled No need to describe this film at any most popular romantic teams. Coming Lady," with Spencer. Tracy satile talents of one of the screen's length it is just one long laugh. to the Oriental.
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Careful analysis will show that no defence by North and South can defeat the declarer's contract after he has adopted the line of play to the first two tricks which was described above. If East wins the first trick with the Ace of clubs and immediately ruffs a heart in dummy, he will be forced to lead a diamond from dummy, and the de- fence can then bring about the de- feat of the contract by leading a trump and stopping the ruffing power. The fact that the diamonds are thus led from Dummy instead
AT THE MAJESTIC "Hearts "Pennies. From Heaven"with Bing. of up to the Queen-Jack, plus the Divided" with Marion Davies, Dick Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows fact that the dummy has already Powell, Claude Rains, Charles Rug- and Louis Armstrong. The gayest been shortened once, prevents East Prince Jerome Bonaparte defies his to the King's.
gles, and Edward Everett Horton. fun-show of the new season. Coming from setting up the suit, On the South made his normal opening trick 2 from East's own hand com- other hand, the diamond lead to
lead of the club Queen, and before
"If· pletely fixes the opponents. playing a card from dummy to the South goes up with his Ace, a first trick East had to plan his finesse can be taken against North's campaign. With three losing hearts King by leading dummy's Queen in his own hand East rea:
and ruffing if it is covered, thus lized that he had to use dummy's setting up the Jack, and if South trumps to take care of them, and does not go up with his Ace, North that the hand was of the cross-ruff is forced to win the first diamond type. However, East knew that as trick with his King and South's Ace soon as the opponents, realized that
will drop on the third round. he intended to cross-ruff, they would lead out trur to defeat his - The principle of preparedness purpose and effectually preven, humm, applies equally well to the play as from ruffing all three of his losing it does to the bidding. In the bid- hearts. In order to take care of ding one must prepare oneself for every possibility Fast decided that any bid that partner or opponents he would have to win the first trick may make, and in the play with the club Ace in his own hand must be prepared for every possible and lead his singleton diamond. line of defence.
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