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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7th, 1927.
MUSSOLINI SPEAKS ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF
SONG THAT MADE" A COMEDIAN.
ARTHUR ROBERTS ON HIS CAREER.
HOW HE SCORED OFF W, S.
GILBERT.
HIMSELF.
VILE THINGS IMPUTED TO HIM UNTRUE.
JUST A MAN.”
LONDON, Aug. 25th. Many entertaining stories are Tell them they are not true. tald by Mr. Arthur Roberts, the all the vile things they impute to veteran comedian, in "Fifty Years m
Tell them I am just a man, a of Spoof" (The Bodley Head, '10%, man who has never been afraid to Gd.), a book of reminiscences which go cut into the light for his fight; be wrote at the suggestion of Mr.
man who has the courage of his convictions, and that if I have Augustus John, the famous artist.erred it is because I am human."
The famous painter promised to do the comedian's portrait if he would write the book. Done. mid Arthur Roberts, and the John portrait is reproduced in the volume.
Mr. Roberts extracted a promise from Mr. John that he also would
same day write his reminiscences, and promised to paint his portrait in retorn-although he has never yet palated anything.
Arthur" describes a number of typical incidents in his long career. how he enraged W. S. Gilbert when acting as inryman in Trial by Jury," how he took Bessie Bellwood ty sing before royalty at a secret spoof, "ebarity" performance in a Mayfair house, how he "guyed Lady, then Mrs, Bancroft, and how, in a panis, he flang away a half-share in "La Poupee and so pet the chance of £100,000.
He reveals that the author of the song. It's a kind of a sort of a feeling" which, although never published," enjoyed great popu- larity when sung by Arthur Roberts wa Mr. Edgar Wallace, the novėlist
SNAKE-BITES.
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In the statisties published by the Government of India of "Deaths from Snake-tite." it is appalling to read of the tens of thousands of people killed by saakes every year. I think these 6gures are generally questioned, and it is more than half- inspected that a large proportion of the returns under Deaths from Snake-bite nake poison.
are really not cases of
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In a period of over forty years | UJISALAK Bordeus, who quotes it in the final death from ake-bite (declares chapter of her new book, Benito contributor to Chamber's Journal). Mussolini-the Man" (Hutchin son, 155, net), which is published care for snake bite. If one can cut I am not aware of any certain to-day.
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Fighting The Poison. Instead of keeping to the road they took a short-cut by a foot- heat, stepped into a hole and then pata. The junior syce, who was in on to a thorn as he thought. He got home, and while rubbing his pony down falt strange sleepy mentioned to the head syce, who feeling coming ever him; this he was a very intelligent man. "Tell them that I have been supposed thom must have been the idea at once struck him that the guilty of once great sin, I have fang of a snake, so without any loved my country with ад One day-years ago-a private of that my soul is pure, for it bas
idolatrous love. Tell them, aladelty he at once produced the raan.
before me. The man had been the R.A.M.C. called at the theatre heen faithful to one name: Rome bitten on the sole of his heel. and asked to see Mr. Roberts. Heto one love: Italy."
After I had tied tight ligature, was shown in.
The interview took place in Mus- just above the ankle. I wished his solini's great room in the Chigi foot, and discovered the two pune- Palace, in Rome. Alone in his tures. On trying to cut these open read it, found it to be a song, and palace, says Miss Bordeux, Mus-I learnt for the first time what the
selini sits: a solitary and sorrow- sole of a native's foot is like; the began to feel that he wanted to singing figure. . In his exile on skin bad hardened into a borny it. He told the private that it was the island of Corsica, Napoleo substance, which even an ok razor
all right."
suffered no more from landlines could not cut. I had therefore to The soldier stood
up and than Mussolini in his magnificent Barn the place, using a red-hot saluted again." he adds. What
ramrod. I must have penetrated a M.S. "Afrika" do you want for it!' I asked. Ten study in the Chigi Palace,
quarter of an inch but the was felt M.S. “Malaya" shillings air, and the inevitable
nothing.. salute fallowed. Ten shillings!
S.S. “Kina” ̈ Certainly not I retorted. I should not think of giving you ten shillings for it.'
The private, with military meve ments, produced a manuscript and handed it to the comedian, who
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£10 For A Song.
"The man's face was immobile.
It was a strong, rather grave face, not used to giving way. to emotions. but I felt somehow that his heart Bank.
"Outer Mask,"
"He is not," she adds, "what known as a sad man, a melan- choly figure, for so, well does he wear his outer mask that, of all the people who surround him, there are few who have ever suspected think of the right thing at the that the man who never failed to right moment, the man of the permind, the man of the low, "No, I will not give you ten gentle voice, the kind word and shillings for it, I continued cheer. penetrating glance, warm hand. fully, but I will give you to the face of whatsoever danger clasp, the man absolutely calm in pounds for it now!
Eyes bright. Eyes right. He was, after all, not the real man.
close observer," in the saluted again and marched briskly. away with ten pounds in his poe-ready, sympathetic smile there wax a touch of wistfulness; in the penetrating glance a faint appeal for understanding of the human needs of the companionship be can never have for greatness forces a man to live alone, to have no inti- Date friendships and
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It was doubtless due to the posi- tion of the bite that the poison did got circulate so rapidly as it gener- ally does. I then gave the man a dose of strong spirits of ammonia." and made two of the servants walk him about for half-an-hour. A he was no worse I sent him to his ed, the poison rendered him per quacters. Though this syce recover-
was
manently stiens.
The other case
that of a Meplahs. They are very good work- oplat. I had several gangs of
men, and if properly handled are well behaved. But they are an ex- citable people, and will use the knife they carry in their waistbelts their blood is aroused. I there. fore had separate lines for the eplaks. Their rooms were each about twelve feet by twelve feet and each room accommodated four
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"Fears afterwards Mr. W. H. Berry-whom he had never met be- Fere told Mr. Roberts that he had to thank him for giving him his start in life-by allowing him «in sing, "It's a kind of a sort of a feeling" with a pierrot troupe at fidences that come spontaneously One night at about eight o'clock | " Broadstairs. George Edwardes
And in an unguarded moment, the back verandah and my bey there was a good den! of talking in heard him sing it, and from that befad the penetrating glance, the came in to say that two foplahs day he prospered.
Arthur Roberts encounter with eyes we tender-bright with the had come to report that one of Cilbert was at a charity matinee unshed tears of many; many their number had been bitten by a of Trial by Jury." Gilbert treat-years.) ed the music-hall comeding with
revenge.
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Miss Bordeux brings out the astonishing romance of Mussolini's Lfe-his hoyhood, as the poor son of a village blacksmith and ina keeper, his early manhood as a revolutionary Socialist, at times hard up that he had to sleep out
tobra. Only a week before a Mop- lah had been bitten by a cobra (the same cobra, a events proved); the too late, and I reached his lines matter was not reported to me till only to find in a dead man.
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On this occasion they had lost bag. Then, having closed the jury of bread, his imprisonments, bis no time, and I started at once to box door, he took off his boots a gradual emergence as a leader of the the man. I was pleased to find
terrible pair," chosen for the or
men, and ha astounding victory. they had tied a ligature above the Something is told of his friend- bite, which was on the skin, half- Pasion and placed them outside the door. Then, with chalk, he ship with various women. He fell way between the knee and the I at once cut the two hent down and wrase on the out-in love with Rachele Gaidi, a little ankle. side of the jury box, Call me at blonde peasant girl who did the work in the little inn kept by his father. Rachele is the mother a his three children, and when he moyed to Milan she became known Signora Kumolini--Daily Er press.
seven."
The audience broke into an up roar of laughter, while Gilbert glared.
boots trampling on
Arthur Roberts agreed to join the venture, but just before the pro duction, he backed out, and forfeit
ponctures open-made a excss cut; then I encouraged the bleeding by pinching the feeh round the bite and applied Condy's Buid, after warda administering a dose, of strong spirits of ammonia.
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some extent got over the shock of the terrible application to his ty Thimma decided that it was time for a second application. The man protested with all the vehemence he obdurate, and again both eyes were was capable of but Thimma was plastered over.
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If locks could kill," says Mr. Roberts, "I should have died a
I then sent for my dear old Maia- sudden death in that jury box...
try-a Beda and moc a Moplah He I had Gilbert at my mercy. He
had already got news of the event, was in a dreadful position for a
nad came prepared with hi man of his temperament. He could went to Paris and bought "La remedies. Hi method of pro- not swear. He could not sform
Poupee," after George Edwardescedure is worth recording in detail. All he could do was to watch me'
and other managers had refused it. His remedies consisted of all man- and suffer, while he saw my muddy how he produced it in London, inner of hot things, chillies and gin-
the sacred spite of the unanimous warnings traditions of the Savoy and kick of all his friends that it would be These were ground into gredients. ing the susceptibilities of his own a disastrous failure and that he and then all mixed together, good sign. When the man had to idiosyncrasies."
would ruin himself, and how it fancied this was to be applied to While Gilbert glared, Roberts provedene of the most amazing the bite; but no. opened his bag and began eating a successes that the English stage has
Old Thimma Maistry made the pate of whelks with a pia. Kav-ever seen," forms a dramatic chapman open his mouth. Seizing his ing finished the whelks he twirled ter the plate on a little stick, like juggler.
A last Gilbert, speechless and white with fury, went on a stage
Repeating his previous per hand to tell Roberts to leave the Lowenfeld, the night before the stuff was so hot that it made the jury-box. The audience, which was first show, cynically told Peter's eyes water freely. He was formance; Be again held up a can- unable to stand it for long so he die and asked How many candles" shrieking with laughter, shrieked Levilly, the acting manager, that book Thimma's hands free, declar- do you see 1" How the poor wretch all the more. The opera was held he would give him the provincial ing it was enough. Thimme, how could see anything was a puzzle to up. Roberta took out a coin, toss-rights of "this wonderful new ever, insisted on giving him a me. However, he replied." One." Outboar 1077..
it came down heads ambled feared was going to fail. Levilly up the paste, and when it had said the man would certainly re- before 18th and
be presented off the stage, carrying a beer mug King Edward, when Prince of reached the consistency be required cover. Had he seen two or more which he took from his pocket
He "qayed" Mr. Bancroft at an Wales, was very friendly to Arthur he went up to the man, drew down candles the case would have proved extremely,
of Roberts, and on one occasion visit his eyelids and just plastered both fatal
eyes with the cruel mixture... It The man recovered and was back will be examined by, suggesting that heed him in this dressing-room at the certainly had the effect of arousing to work in three daya. "I am sure Fridays · Money
Palace Theatre **Arthur's. should introduce performing goats dresser beng nervous, fumbled the man, and caused him to shake while the lawyer read the will!
with the key of a tantalus, and off the sleepiness which was coming "La Poupee."
over him. the Prince observed, Don't trou-
A Good Bign, ble, let me have some whisky out of the bottle behind Mr. Roberts'
After a pause of a minute or so, bottle which Thimma beid up a lighted candle, Arthur" thought he had hidden.. (Continued on nezt Golumn.)
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The story of how Henry Loven feld="the little outside. stock broker and ex-vendor of toys"-looking-glan
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