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Piano Recital From The StudioTM
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 4, 1938
Today's Wireless
12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service, of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m. Dvorak - "Songs My Mother Taught Me”. Sung by Dino Borgioli (Tenor) with Ivor Newton (Piano) and Violin Obligato by An- tonio Brosa,
12.35 p.m.-Dvorak-Quartet In A Flat Major, Op. 105. Played by the Pra- gue String Quartet (Schweyda, Berger, Cerny, Vectomov.).
1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea·
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Primo
Scala's Accordeon Band with Les Allen (Baritone). Six Hits-No. 14.
Band with vocal chorus, Afraid To Dream (From 'You Can't
Have Everything').
The Little Boy That Santa Claus
Forgot
Les Allen.
Whoops We Go Again.
If The Old River Thames Were The Danube ..Band with vocal chorus. Dear Little Boy Of Mine....Les Allen
with Sidney Torch at the Organ. Six 'Hits' (Series 4).
Band-vocalist Sam Costa.
BRIDGE NOTES
18
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. (9.52 megacycles)
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press;
and Weather Forecast
Announce- ments.
1.40 p.m.-An Irish Programme. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.
Scott & A. Sullivan).
O Who Will O'er The Downs So
Free? (de Pearsall). Morgenblatter-Vocal Waltz (Johann
Strauss, Op. 279). Mystic Woods (Words, O Turner;
Music, Arr. M. Farrar).
p.m.-London Relay
6 p.m.-Haydn-Quartet In G Major, Played by the Pro Op 64, No. 4. Arte Quartet (Onnou-Halleux-8.20 Prevost-Mans). 6.17 p.m.-Rubinstein at the Piuno.
Polonaise-Fantaisie No. 7 in A Flat
Major, Op. 61 (Chopin). Andante Spianato, Op. 22 (Chopin). 6.34 p.m.-Songs by Margherita Perras
(Soprano).
Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod). Il Pensierosò (Handel).
6.44 p.m:-Closing local Stock Quota-
tions.
6.46 p.m.—Variety & Dance Programme p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-B.B.C. Wireless Singers.
O Hush Thee, My Babie (Sir W.
By ELY CULBERTSON
On Improving One's Game
'London
Log'. 8.30 p.m.-Studio-Recital by Molly O'Halloran (Piano) & Claire Hartge (Violin)..
1. Nell Gwyn Dances (Edward Ger-
man).
2. Gypsy Moon (Borganoff). 3. Love Everlasting (Frimį). 4. Toselli's Serenade.
5. New Moon Selection (Romberg),
9 p.m.-Studio-A Talk on local "Lawn
Bowls" by Claude Hosking. 9.10 p.m.--Variety Numbers.
Vocal-Serenade (Heykens-Krutz- feld); Good Night, Oh! My Lovel (Abt Seyffardt arr. Hohne).... Herbert E. Groh, (Tenor) with Orchestra. Talking-Building A Chicken House
(Evans).
Will Evans. Vocal-Whispers In The Dark (From Artists and Models'); I Will Pray (Beverley Nichols)...Francis Day (Soprano) with Orchestra.
9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News. 9.50 p.m.-Relay of The Dance Orches- tra from the Grill Room of the Hong Kong Hotel.
(a)-(d) Tangos and Rumbas. a10.05 p.m.-Interval of recorded dance
music from ZBW. 10.15 p.m.-(a) A Serenade to the Stars; (b) Caravan; (c) Where is the sun? (d) Riffin at the Ritz.
A reader inquires this week how open my first advice to them would she should plan an all-round im-be to master a short handbook on provement in her game; she has their bidding system; and my se- played contract bridge ever since it cond advice would be to master became popular, and confesses to a book on the less straightfor-forward 19 elimination and horrid suspicion that her game is plays, such stationary. Such an intelligent squeezing. query deserves a full answer. Play- But my experience of the happy-10.30 p.m.-Interval of recorded dance ers differ in respect of the follow-go-lucky player suggests that his or
an are her main failing is abysmal ing components, all of which
When I am essential to playing a first-class ignorance of defence. game:-1, Bidding; 2, defence; 3, partnered with one of them, and we play as declarer; 4, adaptability to win the declaration, I expect my
various partners.
ed.
partner to sacrifice on the average one trick in the play of the hand, a trick which often makes the dif-
music from ZBW.
10.35 p.m.(a) You took the words right out of my heart; (b) Mamma, Mamma, that moon is here again; (c) Thanks for the memory; (d) Danger, love at work.
10.50 p.m.Interval of recorded dance
music from ZBW. 11.00 p.m.-(a)-(d) Waltzes. 11.15 p.m.Interval of recorded dance
music from ZBW.
music from ZBW.
11.45 p.m.-(8) My love is in Kalua: (b) Big Chief "Swing It"; (c) Who 12 midnight Close down.
are we to say; (d) College Swing.
Dance Music: Haydn Quartet: Irish Programme
BROADCAST FROM
ADCAST DAVENTRY
TRANSMISSION 1
Frequencies—-
GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.) GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m.) GSB 9.51 Mc/s (31.55 m.)
G.M.T.
[5.00 a.m.-Big Ben. 'At the Black Dog." Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar- 'parlour.
on
5.30 a.m.-The Oaks': A commentary the race for the Oaks Stakes. From the Grandstand, Epsom Race- course.
5.45 a.m.-The BBC Military Band. 6.40 a.m.-'London Log.
6.50 a.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at
7.00 a.m.
7.15 a.m.-Close Down.
TRANSMISSION 3
Frequencies-
GSH 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) 10.45 a.m.-Big Ben. "Take your
Choice.' A weekly entertainment fea- ture. 11.30 a.m.-'Villa for Sale.' A play by
Sacha Guitry, 11.55 a.m.-Programme of Traditional
Welsh Music. 12.20 p.m.-London_Log.' [12.30 p.m.-Milestones
of Melody." With Geraldo and his Concert Or- chestra.
1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at
1.45 p.m.
1.57 p.m.-Close. Down."
TRANSMISSION 2
Frequencies-
GSJ 21.53 Mc/s (13.93 m.) GSH 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.) 1.57 p.m.-Opening Announcements. 2.00 p.m.-Big Ben. Empire Exhibition Visit: The Palace of Engineering. A short description of the building and contents, and interviews with some of the officials. 'From the Empire Exhibition (Scotland);
2.15 p.m. Callender's Second Band. 3.00 p.m.-'At the Black Dog."
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Mr.
`ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 p.m.
4.25 p.m.—Marius B. Winter and his
Dance Orchestra..... 5.00_p.m.—Close-Down.
What's On At the Cinemas
and Eddie Acuff.
Of these four components the first and third can be learnt from ference between a won or lost rub-11.20 p.m.-(a) Lovelight in the Star- Wilkes at home in his own bar-par- books, and a high degree of excel-ber, a made or an unmade slam. light; (b) Ain't Misbehavin'; (c) lour. lency at both can be acquired by But if we lose the declaration I con-
What will I tell my heart; (d) Don-3.30 p.m.-Yascha Krein and his Gipsy key's Serenade.
Orchestra. mere industry. Accurate bidding, fidently anticipate that on the aver-11.35 p.m. Interval of recorded dance 4.00 p.m.-The News and Announce- for example, implies first of all the age we shall throw away two tricks mastery of a given system; and, in defence. The loss of these two secondly, the ability to value a hand. tricks will often present the op- Bidding is normally a joint affair, position with a game, a rubber, or so that perfect bidding is impossible slam. Far more serious is the with a stupid partner, but, subject stopper which it applies to all pen- to that solitary exception, bidding alty doubles. For example, I re-- can be learnt from books. Similar-alise from the bidding and from my ly, the play of two hands as declarer own hand that we ought to defeat a
AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM-story and brings to the screen a new is dissected in every possible 18-vulnerable enemy contract of 48 by
BRA-"Her Jungle Love," with Dor-romantic team in Carole Lombard and othy Lamour and Ray Milland. The Fredric March. Walter Connolly, pect and at inordinate length in a two tricks, assuming intelligent de-most amazing love adventure ever Charles Winninger and Maxie Ro- multitude of books which can be fence. But if my partner is sure to told, Photographed in technicolour senbloom are seen in important fea- mastered precisely as a book
on lead her singleton in the enemy's with the Malayn jungle as the back-tured roles.
* * * knitting or cookery can be master-secondary suit with the idea of ruf-ground of the story.
AT THE STAR-"The Go-Getter." fing its second round, and she there-
Cappy Ricks is back again, more can- AT THE ORIENTAL "The Awful tankerous and efficient than ever-un- occasionally by extracts my sole stopper in that Truth."A brilliant high comedy star til he meets a lad who defies him. With Play, like bidding, invades the field of psychology, but suit, and promptly has all her ring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. The George. Brent, Anita Louise, Charles In both departments of the game a trumps drawn, the foe may make story deals with Miss Dunne's hilarious Winninger, John standard which falls only just short an overtrick, and I dare not double. tactics of winning her ex-husband Cary O'Neill, Joseph Crehan, Gordon Oliver Eldredge, Henry of genius can be attained by hard This blunder transforms a potential Ralph Bellamy,
Grant. The supporting cast includes Alexandra D'Arcy, work. Yet only a small minority penalty of 500 into an enemy rub- Cecil Cunninghan and Joyce Compton. of players are willing to face the ber. Worse than that, my inability necessary exertion. I played re-to double encourages the enemy to cently with three people who have push us without penalty, and in been contract enthusiasts for eight turn deprives us alike of or nine years. All three play at and of penalty points. "least one 'three-hour sessión · every No subject better repays study by day of their lives, and often play the second-class and third-class from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and again player than defence. If bad play- from 8.30 p.m. to 11 p.m. None of ers, accustomed to one Or more them posseases more than a nod-sessions on over 300 days of every ding acquaintance with the system year, sacrifice a million points per by which they bid. None of them annum by indifferent bidding, and knows the meaning of such simple inferior play as declarers, they pro- plays as elimination or the Bath bably throw away two million points coup; none of them are capable of by unintelligent defence. As far as playing for a squeeze. In the course I know, there is no published book of a year they throw away about a dealing exclusively with defence million points apiece as the result though there are excellent and ex- of these elementary ignorances. haustive chapters on the subject in They are incapable of bidding any my "Red Book," If such players but a cast-iron game except by ac-realised that skill in defence fre- cident. Their slam bidding is al-quently endows really atrocious ways a merry gamble and costs får hands with a thrilling intereat, they more points in a year than it pro- would not grudge, the labour de- duces. If any of them had sent me manded to sharpen their defensive the query with which these notes technique.
games
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