THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 11, 1938.
Beethoven Symphony
In B Flat
Today's Wireless
12.00-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Special Ser-1
vice from St. John's Cathedral, 12.30 pm-Reginald Foort at the Cine-
ma Organ.
Keep Smiling! (Foort).
The A.B.C. March (Foort and Fer-
Ting}"
Broadway Melody of 1988 Selec-
tion The Singing Marine Selection. 12.42 p.m.
New Symphony Orchestra. Le Cid Ballet Music (Massenet). 1.00m-Local Time Signal and
Weather Report.....................
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103 pm Alfredo Campoli and His Orchestra and Les Allen (Baritone).
Canzonetta. (D'Ambrosio)
Cavatina (Raff).
Orchestra.
Dear Little Boy Of Mine (Bren-
nan and Ball),
Les Allen accomp. by Sidney
(Organ). Because (from Two Love-Sommets
Gade).
Why? (from Two Love Sonnets'
-Gade).
Orchestra. Radio Requests (Les Allen's Most
Appreciated Songs). Les Allen accomp. by Sidney
** Torch (Organ).
The Knave Of Diamonds (Steele).
Orchestra.VEXEN
Serenade Espagnole (Chaminade,
arr. Kreisler).
Guitarre, Op. 45, No. 2 (Moszkow-
aki, Sarasate).
Alfredo Campoli (Violin).
1.30 p.m. Reuter and Rugby Press; Local Weather Forecast and An- nouncements.
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Mr. Court of
1.40; || pm-Relay of Hotary Tiffin 9.15 p.n
Speech from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel Speaker: T. B Wilson, Esq. Subject: the Hoover -
on
Indtilecon
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9.30 9.50
2,15 p.m.-Close Down. 6.00-7.00 p.m. Chinese Programme. 7.00.p.m.Dance Masic. 7.15 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota
tions and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report. 7.20 p.m.-London Relay-All Kinds
of People-1:
"My Memories of the Tsar Nicho-
las II at his Coronatión”.
A talk by Colonel E. St. C. Pem-
barton.
7.35 p.m.-Variety.
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements. 8.03 pm-Variety continued. 8,15 p.m.-London Relay — “London
Pride'. A programme in praise London compiled from the tributes of De- visitors through the centuries. vised and written by D. F. Aitken. Produced by Pascoe Thornton.
8.55 p.m.-A short concert by Claudia
Muzio (Soprano) & Casals ("Cello) La Boheme Yes, They Call Me Mimi
(Puccini).
Cavalleria Rusticana-Mother, you
Know the story (Mascagni).
Claudia Muzio. Moment Musical (Schubert). Le Cygne (Saint-Saens). Apres Un Reve (Faure).. Chanson Villageoise (Fopper Op. 62, Casals. No. 2) EL
By ELY CULBERTSON
Natural" Players
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We hear much of so-called "na-, hundred? The answer is obvious. tural bridge players.” The implica-The diamond queen would be laid tion of the phrase is, of course, down and a finesse taken. This is that these gifted beings, excelling the natural play, but it is wrong,, as they do at other card games, quite wrong!
Here is the proper way to analyze naturally enjoy an advantage over ordinary mortals who can come to declarer's problem: South counts bridge expertness only through two tricks in clubs, either three or long and tortuous trails. The fact four diamonds depending on the of the matter is that I never have position of the king, two seen a mere "card player" sit at and, if he has time, two spades. If the bridge table and acquit him the diamond finesse succeeds there self with credit until he has put is no problem. The contract will
be fulfilled through top tricks. vast amount of experience
in
necessary
two spades.
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10.19 p. Songs
(Tenor)).
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Wilton on an
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“Aids (Verdi)--Hes
vine Aida.
La Boheme"
(Puccini
Byhand is frozen.-VO 10.28 p.m.-Light Variety Concert
11
Orchestral
Pucha Digo (Pesenti),
Vocal
O Cara Mia (Brodazki, arr,
A. J. Pesenti & His Orch
I'm In The Mood (McHugh, Fields)".
1 Wished On Thề Moon..
Parker)
Orchestral-Rise And
tion Sydn
dilly Hotel Band. Vocal
Swing (film Publi
1)
Me And My Dog (film Pub
sance No. 1)
Frances Day (Soprano) Orchestral What's Yours?—A
vivial Medley fårr Debroy Somers) Debroy Somers Band (with Vocal Chorus });
Close down.
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GSG 17.79. Mc/s (16.86) GSO 15:18 Mc/s(1876-M~) GSD 11.75 Me73 (25.68. m. GSB 9.51 mc/s (8155 m)
G.M.T.
8.15 a.m.--Big Ben, Palace of Va
ties. 9.15 a.m.—'Empire Exchange.
Mr. T. B. Wilson
My Trip
To The Hoover
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Close Down?
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in D. Op. 36.0
All Kinds of People-1:
My Memories of the Czar Nicholas Coronation.' A talk by Co- Pemberton he can
1:55
What's On At
Theatre Or-
„Mr. Mad- The Court of
Announce
Signal at
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Announcements. Michaeloff and his
Scottish Orchestra.
Cho
heme and.. Song":
Dudley Beaven, at the Or-
The News and Announce- Greenwich Time Signal at
by William Murdoch Pianist)
we Understand En-
On At the Cinemas
AT THE KING'S “Melody For AT THE ORIENTAL "Men In Ex- Two”, with James Melton Patricia El- ile" with Richard Purcell and June
bridge itself under his belt. he no more than three diamond tricks lis and Winfired Shaw. A great musi- Travis. A mystery story dealing with
in can be made ver, it will become cal, with a number of song hits.
a boy who is forced to leave America difficulty lies in the fact that can
The
and go to the Carribbean Seas where bridge the natural play is not ne
ting adventures cessarily the winning play. Let us danger lies in the possibility that AT THE QUEEN'S "At The Stage he meets the most ex
Door”, with Ginger Rogers, Katherine in a port from which criminals cannot consider the hand shown below from West holds five clubs and that, if Hepburn, and Adolphe Menjou A be extradited. the point of view of a player who the diamond finesse loses, East will striking contrast between two distinct
AT THE STARThree Smart proceeds along general lines, in- return a club, establishing West's types of stage struck girls are the res-
holda the
pective roles of the two "stars." Tire | Girls", with Binnie Barnes, Alice stead of analyzing each situation suit, while West still
story is based on the highly successful Brady, Ray Milland and Charles "Win- spade king as an entry card.
play by Edna Ferber. individually.
ninger. The adventures of three love- The considered play, therefore,
ly daughters of a rich New Yorker who smash their father's romance with a as opposed to the "natural" play,
AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Draeger-fortune-hunting blonde provide the is to remove West's possible en man Courage' with Jean Muir, Barton amusing theme for this picture. Not try before attempting the diamond MacLane, Helen MacKellar, and Gor- king, if in West's hand, never can don Oliver A melodrama of human be an entry. If it is discovered daring which takes place in the depths of a mine where a number of men are that East, instead of West, held enthomed. It reveals the hates and finesse loves, their successes and failures în the spade king and that a would have succeeded, nothing has the lives of miners, been lost.
South, dealer. Both sides vulnerable.
WEST
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H-6 5
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NORTH
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The bidding: South West North
1 no trump Pass 2 no trump
3 no trump Pass Pass
South's distribution-
right for an original no
Remember, the only danger was that West's club suit was five long. In that case East will hold only two clubs and if he also holds the spade king, will be able to lead one more. club, removing South a second stop- per, but later, on taking the ¦ dia- mond king, will be unable, to East West back on lead. If the club suit Pass is divided 4-8 between West and
put
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as East, no danger exists. It does not just matter who wins the spade king. trump, Now let us look at the result of The diamond but his four honour tricks and the the "natural" play. advantage of having the strong queen loses to East's king and hand concealed warrant the bid club is returned, driving out South's West makes his normal opening only remaining stopper. Later, when of the fourth best club. Bast plays the spade queen is led for a finesse, the king and South wins, What, it loses to West's king and West ask you, would be the next play then runs off three club tricks for
y-nine declarers in ever the contract's defent.
to be missed.
AT THE MAJESTIC The Zeigfeld? - The sensational mu drama suggested by the
career of Florence Zergfeld, Amer greatest showman'~
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