A Recital From The Studio By Elvie Yuen
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 22, 1939.
Today's Wireless
12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral.
12.30 p.m.-Mozart - Concerto in D
Major, K. 637 ("Coronation")_play-6 ed by Wanda Landowska (Piano- forte) and
a
Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Walter Goehr.
1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 megacycles)
March of the Little Leaden Soldiers (Pierne)...... Boston Promenado Orchestra.
p.m.-"La Traviata”—Act 11 (Verdi) with Lionello Cecil Liena, Mercedes Capsir, Ida Conti, Carlo Caleffi, S. Baccaloni, N. Villa, G. Nessi and the Full Chorus and Orchestra of La | 7.30 p.m.-Half an Hour of Dance Scala, Milan.
Music.
1.03 p.m.-Reginald Dixon at the 6.57 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
Qrgan.
Dixon Hits No. 2.-Medley.
Dixon Hits No. 16.-Medley.
1.15 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments,
1.30 p.m.-Dance Music.
—
Fox-Trot
Jump Jump's Here
(Kline); The Spider and the Fly- Fox-Trot (Johnson)....The Milt Herth Quartet.
Sweet as A Song-Fox-Trot (Gor- don & Revel)....The Organ, The Dance Band, and Me.
1.40 p.m.-Relay-Rotary Tiffin Speech from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel. Speaker: Mr. C. E. Sub- Moore, B. Arch. (A.R.I.B.A. ject: Civic Design and Town Plan- ning.
2.15 p.m.-Close down.
ken.
tions.
7 p.m.-A Concert by Jessica Dragon- ette (Soprano) and the Boston Pro- menade Orchestra.
Polonaise Militaire in A Major (Chopin, orch: by Glazounov); Waltz from "The Sleeping Beau- ty" Ballet (Tschaikowsky) Boston Promenade Orchestra con- ducted by Arthur Fiedler.
Se Tu M'Ami (Pergolesi)....Jessi- ca Dragonette (Soprano) with the Renaissance Quartet.
Entry of The Boyards-March (Hal- vorsen); Jealousy-Tango Tzigane (Gade).
Boston Promenade Orchestra.
Through the (Whiting); (Tierney).. (Soprano).
Doorway of Dreams Alice Blue Gown Jessica Dragonette
Winning
CONTRACT
(By the Four Aces)
Dávid Bruce Burnstope, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.
♡ A 9 6 2
◊ K 6
ONE BID TOO MANY
mond, allowing his partner to trump nine of hearts. Now West with the played the
Angels with Dirty Faces (Fisher)...
Fox-Trot; Between a Kiss and a Sigh (Johnson)-Fox-Trot Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra.
Romping (Mezzrow)--Swing Fox- Trot; Who (Kern)-Swing Fox- Trot....Frankie Newton and Or-
chestra.
La Traviata, Act II.
By La Scala.
Company
8.36 p.m.-STUDIO¬~A ̈Recital by El-
ole Yuen (Soprano) with the Very Rev. Father A. Riganti at the Piano.
Aprile (Tosti); Ave Maria (Tosti) Penso (Tosti)..........Elsie Yuen (So- prano).
Allegro Moderato (Schubert); Gan- zone (Heller); Capriccio (Heller) .The Very Rev. Father A. RI- ganti (Piano).
Trees (Rasbach); All Souls Day
(Strauss); Invictus (Huhn) Elvie Yuen (Soprano).
9.05 p.m.--Bållet Suite-“Les · Patin- eurs" (Meyerbeer), played by The Sadlers Wells Orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert.
Muziky, Muziky Novelty; Beer 9.15 p.m.-LONDON-The News.
Barrel Polka (Tîmm)....The Ple- hel Brothers (Harmonica Duet, with Guitar and Bass Acc.).
Non-Stop Flight-Fox-Trot (Shaw); Pross Chai (Chaplin)-Fox-Trot
.Artie Shaw & His Orch.
Rose of Washington Square-Fox- Trot (Hanley); And the Angels Sing-Fox-Trot (Elman)...Benny Goodman & His Orchestra.
8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
8.03 p.m.-Liszt-Les Preludes-Sym- phonic Poem, played by The Lon- don Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates.
8.20 p.m.-LONDON-The Third Cric- ket Test Match-England v. The West Indies. A commentary during play and a summary of the morn- ing's play by Howard Marshall from Kennington Oval, London.
LONDON "Food For 9.30 p.m.
Thought". Short Talks on Matters of Topical Interest. 9,46 p.m.-LONDON
and Market Notes.
Sports News
9.50 p.m-Leslie Hutchinson
Plano.
at
the
Back to Those Happy Days (Ni- cholls); Maybe I'm Wrong Again (Bennett); Love Is Everywhere-- Film: Look Up and Laugh (Da- vies).
10 p.m.-LONDON-The Third Cric- ket, Test Match-England v. The West Indies. A Commentary "dur- ing play by Howard Marshall from Kennington, Oval, London.
10.15 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording--"Play- ing The Game". A Farcical Extra- vaganza with a Football Field Back- ground.
11 p.m.-Close down,.
What's On At the Cinemas
AT THE KING'S — "Flight To Fame." Crashing aeroplanes that flame earthward after contact with a newly invented "death Ray" high- light a swift tale that blends murder,
for
At The Majestic-"Thanks Everything." Big Business selects America's "Mr. Average Man" to discer the public's reactions to sell-
him to find out
Ace and another trump, mystery and revenge with an appeal. {ing schemes, big and small, but up- thereby limiting the unfortunate De-ing love romance. With Charles Far roarious complications start when a clarer to four trump tricks and one rell, Jacqueline
Wells, Alexander foreign power uses spade trick for a net penalty of 700D'Arcy, Jason Robarts, Frederick whether the States would go to war; points.
With Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley,
Tony Arleen Whelan, Martin, Binnie Barnes, George Barbier and Warren Hymer.
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Yesterday's question was inspired by
the above hand. You were Merwin Maier's partner. Both sides were vulnerable and you held:
North, Dealer
Both sides vulnerable
A Q J 10 2
♡ 7 4 3
AJ 10 9 5
AA 8 7 4
N
W
AA 08
A 9 6 3 ♡ 5 ◇ A J 10
7 4
4 KQ 8 2
A KE
K Q J 10 8
0 9 8 32 $74
The bidding:
North
East
South West
A 0 0 2
Pass
Pass
1♡
Разв
♣ A II
14 Pass
Dbl.
2♡
Dbl.
. Paas
Puss
14
►
The bidding: Barnstope Attalor
•PROB Pass Dbl.
Jacoby 1♡ 2♡
You
Pass
To day's hand prompted Questions No. 183 and 184 (the latter is answer-
ed below). South's third-hand, heart
A
HISH CARD VALUES OF THE FOULACED SYSTEM
KING EQUEE
bid, made for Jead- directing purposes, is quite customary in ex- pert circles. West quite properly passed. North responded with one spade, and now East, who was strong in the minor suits, made a takeout dou- ble. At this point South, instead of passing, rashly re-
JACK
BYRAAB KARD 635
AI XX
Burton and Reed Howes.
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AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM- BRA-"Too Hot To Handle," Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pid-
ORIENTAL
"Angels geon, Walter Connolly and Leo Car-
Starring James rillo. Five major thrills, reminiscent With Dirty Faces." of five great news events, provide the Cagny and Pat O'Brien. A melo- background of this picture. They in-drama of two boys who grow up in clude the aerial bombing of Shanghai, the slums together one is diverted to- the crash of a famed avlatrix's plane ward gangsterism, the other to become
after two, meet on a round-the-world flight, the ex-a priest. The plosion of a mystery munitions ship, years apart and though the bond of of an friendship is stronger than ever, their the disappearance and rescue American flier held as a white God by paths eventually fall apart again natives in the South American jun-when the priest starts a crime drive the young boy seeking to gles, and a pitched battle between the to save (?)
New York police and a notorious two-emulate a big-shot gangster. The ter- un gangster barricaded in a tenement rifle climax, the intense emotional ap- flat with a "tommy-gun.”
peal makes it one of the best films.
ANSWER: You should now double two hearts for business. Your hand should take at least four tricks and your partner, who evidently has passed a pretty good hand, will take at least two (See article above).
Score 100% for double, 50% for two notrump, 50% for pass, 0 for any other bid.
QUESTION NO. 185
You are David Bruce Burnstone's
bid his heart suit and West promptly partner and hold:
doubled.
West opened the Queen of dia- monds. Dummy's King covered and after taking, the first trick East re- turned his only trump. Declarer was allowed to win the first trump trick, and when he laid down the spade King, West also allowed that to hold. West won the next spade with the Ace and played his remaining dia- mond,,
A KE
OK Q
KJ XX
Maior
The bidding: Burnstone
1NT
Jacoby
{ You Pass (7) What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)
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