Cesar Franck's
Prelude, Chorale
And Fugue
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 1, 1938.
Today's Wireless
12.30 pm Vladimir Horowitz at the
Piano.
ther
Andante Mosso (From Sonata In B
Minor) (Scarlatt).
Presto (From Sonata In A Major)
(Scarlatt).
Traumeswirren (Dream Visions) Op.
12, No. 7 (Schumann).
12.43 p.m.-Tschaikowsky-Romeo and Juliet--Overture Tantasie. Willem Mengelberg and His Concertgebouw Orch.
1 p.m.--Local Time Signal & Weather
Report.
1.08 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections.
Sélection-Seeing Stars (John and Broones). Debroy Somers Band
(With Vocalists). Vocal Gems-"The Bohemian Girl"
(Balfe)
Light Opera Co. Selection-Chu Chin Chow (F. Nor-1
ton)
Gaumont British Orch. Conducted by Louis Levy.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast & Announcements. 1.40 p.m.--Ernst von Dohnanyi (Piano).
Schatz-Waltz (J. Strauss).. "Die Fledermaus"-Du Waltz (J. Strauss).
and Du-
1.48 p.m.-Albeniz-Suite Iberia-Ma- drid Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Enrique Fernandez Arbos. Granados Danza Espanola-No. 6.
Madrid Symphony Orchestra..
2.15 p.m.-Close down.
6-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.
BRIDGE NOTES
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c❜s
7.30 p.m.Peter Dawson, 7 p.m.-Dance Music.
Phil the Tluter's Ball" (French). With my shillelagh under my Arm
(Wallace).
I See a Tree (Hodges).
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chestra.
Springtime Serenade (Høykens). The Balkan Princess Waltz)
(Rubens).
The Frolicsome Hare (Hope). Dance of the Icicles (Russell). Musical Comedy Gems
(arr. Ffoulkes).
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8,03 p.m.-Szigeti (Violin).
Nigun (Improvisation) (Bloch), Danse Russe (From Petrouchka---
Stravinsky).
Norwegian Song (Lie).
Gavotte from Classical Symphony
(Prokofieff).
8.15 p.m.-London Relay "Sword in Hand." Fencing and Duelling through the Centuries. By G. D. Dimsdale.
Dance
8,45 p.m.-Latest Variety and
Records. 9.30 p.mLondon Relay The News. 9.50 p.m.--Gilbert and Sullivan Ex-
cerpts. "The Pirates of Penzance" (a) Stay we must lost our senses.
Derek Oldham & Chorus. (b) Hold, Monsters....Else Griffins, George Baker, S. Robertson and
By ELY CULBERTSON
Cue Bidding
The meaning of a bid is qualified It stopped the opponents dead in by its position in a bidding se their tracks, even though they held quence.
We all know that if our the superior spade suit. Not only right-hand opponent opens the bid-was the bid an effective defence ding with one spade and we imme- measure, calling for a club lead if diately overcall in his suit with the opponents persisted in spades, two spades, we are making the but, it should be noted, it was at strongest possible call. Obviously, the same time entirely safe. East when we thus instruct partner that had not shown great strength at bidding must not be dropped until his first opportunity. He had not game has been reached, we must cue-bid directly over North's club have a hand huge enough to war-bid. Therefore he knew that West rant that order. It is possible, how-would not be unduly excited when, ever, to give the cue-bid in oppon- after the opponents had reached ents' suit an entirely different func-game, he made a cue-bid that was tion. Consider the defensive barrage clearly en passant. After a heart hand raise from West. East certainly would have defended, in any event, with a five diamond bid. To inter- polate five clubs cost nothing.
laid down by East in the shown below.
North, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
WEST
NORTH
S.--8 0 4 H-7 5 DAS
C.-A K 9 8.4-2
S.-9
H.-K 10 6 4 D. K 852 CQ 7 53-
EAST
S.-Q J
H -A Q J3 2 D-Q J 10 -None
SOUTH
-A K 10 75·3.2
-9 8
D.-7 C.
The bidding:
North
1 club
Pass
Pass
J 10 6
East South
West
1 heart I spade 2 hearts
2 spades. 3 dia 4 spades-Pass 5 clubs 5 spades Pass Double Pass Pass
Pass
The bid on which I wish to put the spotlight is East's five club bid.
ZEK 640 k.c's.
Chorus.
(c) I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General. George Baker and Chorus.
Miliza Korjus
And New York
Philharmonic
TRANSMISSION 3:
Frequencies.
GSJ 21:58 Me/s (13.98 m GSH 21.47 Mc/s (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86. m.). GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76. m.).
12 noon —Organ of the Plaza Cinema,
(d) Oh, Men of Dark and Dismal Fate....George Baker & Chorus. You May' gõ, for you'r, at LF-
berty
Full Company |10:43 amie-BigBem Beethoven Sym- 10:07 pm--Alfred Cortot="Prelude,
Chorale & Fugue".
phony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67. (Cesar Franck). 11.20 a.m.-Dancing Time. 10.25 p.m.-Miliza Korjus & Philhar
monic Sym. Orch. of New York. Overture"Semiramide" (Rossini).
Orchestra. Nocturne (Chopin arr. Winkler)
"Ah, Let me Weep "O Night, O Dreams".
Miliza Korjus. L'Apprenti Sorcier (Dukas).
Orchestra cond, by Toscanini. 11 p.m.-Glóse down.
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TRANSMISSION 1
Frequencies-
GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.) GSD 11.75 Mc/a (25153 m.) GSB 9.51 mc/s (31.55 m.)
G.M.T.
8.15 am Big Ben. Music Hall. 9.15 a.m.-Empire Exchange.' 9.30 a.m.-The Enfield Central Band. 10 a.m.-The News & Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 10.15 a.m. 10.25 a.m.-Close down.
Swansen,
12.15 p.m.-Sword in Hand': Fencing and Duelling through the Centuries. 12.45 p.m.Sonata Recital" by Pauline Juler (Clarinet) and Howard Fergu→ sonTM (Pianoforte).
1.15 p.mTalk.
1.30 p.m.-The News & Announcements.
Greenwich Time Signal at 1.45 p.m. 1.55 p.m.-Close down.
TRANSMISSION - 8
Frequencies
GSH 21.47 Mc/s (18.97 m.). GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) GSJ (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.58. Idc/s
1.55 p.m.
Opening Announcements.
2 p.m.-Big Ben. "Take your Choice." 2.30 p.m. A Theme and a Song.*. 240 p.m.-Recital by Herbert Thorpe (Tenor) and Gwendolen Mason (Harp).
3 p.m. The Torquay Municipal Or-
chestra:-
4. p.m.-The News & Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 p.m. 4.40 p.m.-'Do 4.20 p.m.-Hungarian Gipsy Party,"
we Understand Eng lish?!
5 p.m.-Close down.
What's On At the Cinemas
AT THE ALHAMBRA—A sparkling land forms the background for Fred Henry. A hilarious comedy in which AT THE STAR-“45 Fathers”, with love feud in a medieval castle in Eng-Jane Withers, Thomas Beck, and Lousie Astaire latest hit A Damsel in Dis- forty five millionarie bachelors sign up tress" written by the World famous as Jane's guardians in a hope to make humorist P. G. Wodehouse, Beautiful a lady out of her, but she almost makes Gracie Allen, Reginald Gardiner, Ray Joan Fontaine, George Burns and a wreck of them all. ・・ Noble, Constance Collier, Harry Wat- son and Montague Love fill the roles recommended as good clean healthy en- in the supporting cast. This picture is tertainment.
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AT THE KING'S "Broadway Me- lody Of 1938." With Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor co-starred and with its giant cast including such celebrities of the stage, screen and radio world as AT THE ORIENTAL "Wee Willie Ebsen, Sophie Tucker and Judy Gar- George Murphy, Binnie Barnes, Buddy Winkie", with Shirley Temple, Victor land, Roy Del Ruth who was behind Michael Whalen McLaglen, June Lang, C. Aubrey Smith, the making of such earlier musical
and Cesar Romero. films hits The famous Rudyard Kipling story of 1936," "Gold-diggers” and “Born Tó as "Broadway Melody of India. In the heart of mighty India Dance," directed the film. where all the world is wild and strange and in the land of the Bengal Lancers, ventures of the Scottish Highlanders in the story deals with the glorious ad- action and of the girl who won the right to wear their plaid.
AT THE QUEEN'S "The Perfect All the Specimen", with thrills and reckless heroism in the pic- Blondell, Edward Everett Horton, Be- Errol Flynn Joan ture makes it one of the greatest ever verly Roberts, Allen Jenkina and May made.
Robson A-comedy-drama-in which Er rol Flyn plays the part of a well tu- tored. Young man, who is kept within the confies of her vast estates by his of Zenda", with Ronald Colman, Made out of her domain and get into a num- AT THE MAJESTIC “The Prisoner millionaire grandmother. He breaks. leine Cartel, Mary Astor and Douglas ber of hilarious situations, including a Fairbanks, Jr. Anthony Hope's master boxing match and finally falls in love piece filmed in all detail and with out with Joan Blondell. He fulfills in On a club opening East-West se-man and Madeleine Carrol.
standing performances by Ronald Col-every way his grandmother's idea of cured
a Perfect Specimen." two ruffs and two heart tricks. Had South elected to belie [the cue-bid and pass, the result would have been even more satis- factory for East-West. West would have shown his support in East's
As may be seen, South was much on the spot after East signified that he could ruff an opening club lead. First, he did not know whether to believe East's statement
ór not. East might very well be fibbing, hoping that if the oppents believed he-actually was void of clubs they might allow him to buy the con- tract at five odd. As a matter of fact, East's bid, turned out to be a two edged weapon,
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second suit, diamonds, and five dia- monds would have been ice cold against any defence.
The opportunity for this parti- cular type of cue-hid is rare, but when it arises the device is highly effective.
TO-DAY'S QUESTION
Question: Is the double of an opening two no-trump bid for a take-out or for penalties?
Answer: This is a penalty double,
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