THE CHINA MAIL.
Tight Classical Programme By Bournemouth Orch
12-12.20
from St.Joh
12.38-2.15 på
of Spe Cathed
18, 1937
Today's Wireless
1238
The Vamp
Havana (Gilbert &
*Saluran -
Don't Dingle Dangle.
The Old
Evans).
-Garden Wall (Butler, Damerell
At The Close Of A Long, Long Day
(Moll & Marvin).
Diddle Dum-Dee (Dunn & Forth).
Dream Time (Davis & Coots). Hawaiian Paradise (Owens).
12:50
(Piano).
Patricia R2
Limelight-Selection
I Dream Too Much Selection Broadway Hostess Selection.
Queen Of Hearts Selection
1 pin-Local: Time Signal and Wea
ther Report”.
1.03 p.m.-Songs by Derek Oldham
(Tenor).
Derek Oldham Medley
Intro: Sentry. Song (Madame Potre padour Love in my heart awaking (The Merry Widow'); New Moon (Whirled into Hap-
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's:
Mayfair Orchestra
Tes Selection.
Dance...
ter Press Rugby Weather Forecast and An- ements
1.40 pm-Yariety
Jubilee Music Hall Parade 1910-1921.†† Talking
Love Scene From Private Lives"
(Noel Coward) Act. 1 Scene from Private Lives Act 2
Gertrude Lawrence & Noel
Coward. Piano-Charle Kunz Piano Medley
No R 9
Charlie Kunz,
- Vocal
Someone To Care For Men
Bacio (film "Three Smart Girls).
Desma Durbin Orchestral
Sunday On The Swanее
(Samuels-Whitcup-Powell).
Za Zoo Za
(Shay-Holzer-Shoup-Large).
Herbie Kay & His Orchestra.
piness'); Serenade (Madame 2.15 p.m.--Close down Pompadour); Song of the Vaga-4 pm. Chinese Programme. bonds (The Vagabond King); 7-12 midnight-European Programme. Ah must I leave thee (The 7 pm Bournemouth Municipal Or- Pirates of Penzance'); A wan- chestra.
d'ring Minstrel (The Mikado');| Pique Dame-Overture (Suppe). Rose Marie (Rose Marie').
BRIDGE NOTES
Asking
Z
Chanson Triste
By ELY CULBERTSON
Bids
When asking bids were announ- ced to the world a little over year ago I stated with confidence that this new system of slam bid- ding would increase by an enor- moas percentage the efficiency on slam range hands. According to S.-J 9.8
WEST
NORTH S-K 5 4 3 2 H-Q 96 4
D.-K 52
C-
the thousands of letters received H-10 from all parts of the world, that D-9 8:43. prediction was justified. But, even C.-
in my first announcement, and on subsequent occasions, I pointed out| that, in the final analysis, only ex- perience could take all the rough edges off a system or a convention.
EAST S.-Q. 10 6 H-83 D.-J. 10 7
Q8742 C-K 10 6 5 3
SOUTH
S-A T
H-A KJ 7:5:2 D.—A Q 6 - C. J 9
The bidding went uniformly
among "askers"
East
3 hearts Pass 5 clubs Pass
ZEK 640 k.c's.
(Tschaikowsky, arr. Stewart). Raindrops-Pizzicati For Strings
(De La Rixiere).
A Fairy Ballet (White). The Two Imps (Alford). Dancer Of Seville (G. Grunow), Idylle Bretonne (Gennin).. 7.30 p.m. Closing local Stock Quota
tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report
7.35 pm-Variety. -Orchestral-PN
Bella Espanola-Pasodoble
(Biafore)
La Carcajada Tango (Firpo).
Orquesta Tipica Roberto Firo:
•Vocal
I'm The Echo.
I Dream Too Much (film I Dream
Too Much”).
Two Pianos
Lily Pons (Soprano).
Eassepied (Delibes, atr Alleyne-
Leonhardt).
DestinyWaltz Barnes,
Alleyne-Leonardt
Vocal ne
Alleyne & Leonhardt.
Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life Neath The Southern Moun
(film Naughty Marietta
Nelson Eddy (Baritone).
8 pm Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
8.03 p.m.--Scottish Music~
- Skye Eightsome Reel.
Scottish Country Dance Orch. O Sing To Me The Old Scotch Songs
(Leeson) Joseph Hisloy, (Tenor) Glasgow Highlanders.
Meg Merriless (arr. Pack).
Scottish Country Dance. Orch Annie Laurie,
Jessie, The Flower Of Dunblane
(Smith) Joseph Hislop (Tenor). Strathspeys. Reels (arr. Diack).
Scottish Country Dance Orch 8.30 p.m.- London Relay London
Log, by Walter Fitzgerald. 8.40 p.m.-Light
Orchestral Concert with Gracie Fields (Comedienne). Traume (Wagner).
Autumn (Chaminade).
De Groot and His Of
When The Robin Sings. His
Again Parish &
One Night Of Love
Of Love)
Come To The Ball The. Quaker
What's
Retur
Hety Records: Gracie Fields- Dance Music
Girl Boss & Monckton). Moya, Lovely Moyr (0 Brien &
Orchestre Louise, Do You Remember My First Love Song (fillm Queen of Hearts").
Gracie Fields.
Parade Of The In Solders (Jessel). March Of The Little Leaden Soldiers
Piezne)
local Sport 9.10 p.Studio
The
Regal Orchestra.
Frank Read
D-Songs by Dennis Noble
entle.
Maiden (arr. Somervell). She Shall Have Music
(Brandon & Murray}.
Just Me An Mary (Parr & Murray). 9.30 pm-London Relay The News &
Announcements.
9.55 p.m.-Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Grill Room of the Hong Ko
1.
Roses in December.
2. Life of the Party.
Hotel.
3. Let's have another Cigarette. 4Yankee Doodle Bandkenn
10.10 p.m.-Interval of recorded dance 1... music from ZBW.
10:15p
that away from
ole thing off
7. September in the Eain 8. Waddin' at the Waldof.
Interval of recorded dance music from ZBW. 10.40 pm.
10.30
9. Your eyes have told me so.
Diane.
10.
11
Seventh Heaven.
18.55 pm.
12 Medley of Old Fashion Waltzes. Interval of recorded dance music from ZBW.
13. Moonlight and Shadows.
14. Skeleton in the Closet.
+
15. Pennies from heaven.
16. Mutiny in the Brass Section.
1115 pm-Interval of recorded dance
17. Tira Tira.
music from ZBW.
18
Tango Medley.
19. La Bomba.
20.
Cabalero.
11.35 pm-Interval of recorded, dance
music from ZBW,
11.45
It Looks like zain in Cherry
takes a holiday.
at in the Moonlight.
lose down.
On At the Cinemas
AT THE KING'S — "The King and How he beats her to it forms the
the Chorus Girl, with Edwa Horton, Alan Mowbray, Jane Wyman and Kenny story of a prodigate king whose failing was a French Revue
comedy
some good singen
Time has proved that asking bids are technically perfect and that follows they are effective even beyond my South West North fondest hope. But time also has 1 heart Pass proved that there were two psycho 4 spades Pass logical errors in their original pre-5 diamonds Pass 6 clubs Pass sentation The first was this:
Thearts Pass Pass Pass For years we had taught players All of the "asking" South players that a bid in the opponents suit were shrewd enough to select the [after partner had bid] was a slamicorrect suit in which to "ask" over try, showing a strong hand, includ- North's double heart raise. They AT THE QUEEN'S The Bob ing the ace or void of opponents' saw that if the four spade asking Symphony" suit. When millions of players bid received a positive response it were asked to change their bidding would be necessary to ask further methods and to use the immediate in other suits and, therefore, start overcall-of opponents' suit as aned with the highest ranking side AT THE ORIEN asking bid instead of the aforesaid suit in order to make their future with Joe cue bid, habit often got the better course smooth. The spade bid Richard "S of them, with consequent confusion elicited that North held second comeding as
riest Joe E. Br in later bidding. Thus, pakely as a round spade control and the club concession to "habit, there have ace On the diamond asking bid been two changes made in the ask that followed North was ing bid system.
con-
snit
An amazing," unus delightful and fantastical musical pro-
duction.
AT THE ALHA "to+Trouble"," withMeano make a beautiful twofon response, Johnny Downs. showing not only second rom
young song writer sh The first is that the immediate trol of the asked suit bu
by a gold digger who im has plenty of mo overcall of opponents' suit, such as: cond round control of the South, one heart: West, one With all this information at hand, spade; North, two spades the South's seven bid was virtually ‘a two spade bid is, as of old, a cue double-dranty, contract. bid showing first round spade con- At the non-asking tables the bid- trol and a big hand. To make an ding went two different ways: asking bid in spades you must jump
North
South North
one round and bid three spades. South The other change will be discussed 1 heart hearts 1 heart. 1 spade
4 no trump 5 clubs 3 hearts 5 hearts
to-morrow.
6 hearts Pass 6 hearts Pass
In neither of these latter cases
A Perfectly Bid Grand Slam Speaking of asking bids, here is could the partnership safely, reach
a hand from a recent duplicate the laydown grand slam match. Four teams were using ask-
TO-DAYS QUESTION
ing bids and four were not. All Qestion: What is the correct re- the "askers arrived at seven. The sponse to an opening bid of one others forlornly found themselves heart [opponent having passed]. in a mere small slam.
South, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
with the followings.
DA 9654 C 8 64.
Answer: Two diamonds.
the story
THE STAR
Slave Ship", with Baxter, Wallace Beery, Mickey orge San Jane Daz well Joseph Schicistaut. Barter plays
captain who gives-
the part of.
by his mutinous crew under the in- fluence of Wallace Beery. Thus the he had planned as a honeymoon young bride becomes a slave.
e with the couple con
Family Af- and Eric Linden"
FESTIC
the
fourth time with
as her father whose is in full swing from college: st are Mickey Spring Sara Haden
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