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EMPTY ALBERT HALL,
LONDON, Oct. 8th. Raw upon row of empty seats faced Sister Aimée McPherson when she went on the platform of the Albert Hall yesterday after noon for the record of her revivalist meetings, says the Daily Express.
The shadow of the compiste fasco of the opening night was over the building. There was not a soul in the gallery round the dome; not a solitary spectator relieved the, bleak monotony of the empty benches in the balcony. There were but a few lonely figure in the half-crown seats in the three great tiers of boxes.
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A one-eyed Serbian burglar named Milan Igrich the proud chief of a band with a dosen ime portant successes for its record ju the course of six months, was arrest ed in Paris last month, together with most of his men. Jorich, who was in a golfing suit when arrested, declared that the organising mind was his alone, and that his followers
mere peasants"
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A police inspector happened to pass the door of a jeweller's at Montreuil sous Bois, not far from Paris, when two suspicious looking men were offering precious stones for sale. He arrested them, and this capture led to the arrest of Jorich and six others of the band, all Serbians except two, a French- man, and a Pole, who acted as re- servers and kept a shop where they openly advertised the purchase and sale of gold and precious stones,
Today
(November 6th.) Shanghai Race S
Begistered as a Narwapen in the General Post Office in the United Kingdom.
日陸月壹拾年八廿百九仟章集
Hockey: Y.M.CA. Ist XI. v. Recreio.
Queen's Theatre::." Senorita." World Theatre: "The Telephone Girl"
Star Theatre: "Paths to Para- dise" (2.30-9.30 only) at 9.15. Jack Carter's Serenaders."
Tea Dance: H.K. Hotel, 4.30 p.m. Dinner Dances: King Edward Hotel, p.m.; St. Francia Hotel, S p.m.
Principal Mails:-O at ward; Europe vid Marseilles (General
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Wednesday.
(November 7th.) Shanghai Races Whist Drive Beamen's Institute. Licensing Board Meeting, noon. Sale of Wark: Helena May In- stitute, 3 p.m..
Land Sale: Inland Lot No. 438 and Inland Los No. 1947, Lammert Bros., 3 p.m.
Sister McPherson made a brave
Jorich is immensely proud of the show so hide whatever bilter dis. sensation be has made for on wore than one occasion he was taken for appointment was in her heart.
an Arsene Lupin in real life. He She came On the platform all is the gentleman burglar masked smiles, and apparently full of wif- and in evening dress who broke into confidence, nursing a great bouqueta villa at Deauville and kept the ladies under the menace of his re- of red roses, but there was a tacit volver while he made light con-Cay. Police Reserve. admission of the opening night versation. failure in almost her first words
Ordinary Folk.
Apology For Cigarette, "My smoking does not annoy you?" he asked, as he gathered up their jewels He denies, how-
"Last night I felt as if I was all tied up in sticky Aypapers," sheever, the mask, saying that it was merely a handkerchief tied over his said.
blind eye.
The collection at the record first. night house, which is not likely to be repeated, amounted to cal £80-less than ad a head. Yester day afternoon the offering maat have dwindled to 200 or £50, and the receipts from the sale of box seats were negligible.
Every day about 100 guineas has to be found to pay for the hire of the hall. There are also heavy charges in respect of printing and other expenses.
The speciality of the gang was hooges and Bats left empty by owners at the seaside. Apart from the Deauville burglary nine ex- plaits in Paris are admitted by Jerich since March of this year, M. Ricqles, a well-known manufac-8 Cornudet; M. Blum, a man in big tarer: M. de Havilland: Senator business; the Crechoslovak Legs tion; Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Prince Murat, and Madame Heidel-
back,
have all contributed to Jorich's revenuee, which are eati mated at over two million france for the summer.
Jorich is said to be wanted by the police of his own country for armed burglaries. He is a very youthful looking man of 23, has preposses ing
and manners, languages. **
speaks five
A six or eight weeks' tour of the whole country by Sister McPherson had been planned. An option has been taken to secure the largest halls at many leading provincial The robbery at Mrs. Vanderbila centres, but no details of the itiner-house resulted in a haul of jewels worth £2,500. While menacing the ary have been published. The wife of the Czechoslovak. Minister original programme may have to with a revolver at the Legation, Le modified, unless the "Gospeller" not make a noise as it would wake Jorich anggested that she had better from Los Angeles obtains a better the children. When he was arrest- hold over the British public. ed his pockets were empty owing to
his passion for gambling.
A note of alam might be detect ed in Sister McPherson's own re ference to finances in her sermon.
"I had to smile a little when some one wrote that we were out to take a penny out of England. We do not want your pennies. I had a cable yesterday that some one in Los Angeles has just given me 1,000 dollars-how much is that in your money? About £9001 God will always look after you if you put your trust in Him."
All the same, the collection plates were paised round.
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The pilot of an airplane flying over the town of Eobblingen, near Stuttgart, was astonished to see a group of factories and houses on | which he was gazing suddenly vanish from, view, wrapped in a
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Opening of New Club, Chinese
Schubert Centenary Recital, Mr. H. Ore, City Hall, 5.30 p.m.
Queen's Theatre: Drums of Love."
World Theatre: "The Telephone Girl."
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Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, 30
King Edward Hotel, p... Dinner Dance: St. Francis Hotel. p.m.
Europe vid Vancouver and Europe Principal Mails:-Outward: vid Siberia (Empress of Ana), 10
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Thursday, (November 8th.) Helena May Concert (Chamber Music), 5.30.
Andrew's Y.M. Club.
Hockey YM.C.A, 2nd v. St.
World Theatre:The Black Pirate.
Star Theatre: "A Little Journey," (2.30 to 6.30). 9.15 Jack Carter's Serenaders.
Queen's Theatre: Love."
Drums of
Tea Dance: H.K. Hotel, 4 p.. Dinner Dance: St. Francis Hotel, p.m.
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Trert & Tollier Queen's Theatre: "Drums of French Edition... Love,"
World Theatre : "The Black Pirate.'
Star Theatre: "A Little Journey," (1.30 to 8.30). 9.16 Jack Carter's Serenaders.
Ten Dances: H.K. Hotel, 4.30 p.m.; King Edward Hotel, & p.
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Saturday. (November 10th)
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It was an experiment carried out by a party of engineers and Short Of Expectations. German Air Ministry officials who The attendance in the evening were testing a wonderful new de was rather better, but fell far short vice for the protection of towne 8 p of the "expectations of the pro- from air attack. The device, moters, who had hoped that the which is the invention of Dr. "Red- Albert Hall would be packed, deman, the German gas expert, enables a city to render itself in There was a poor attendance invisible within a few seconds by the the balcony few of the box seata mere pressing of an electric but were occupied, and there was no ton. one in the standing-place undez the
Clouds Of Fog. dome.
Ten veksela, each containing While the entire audience was twenty-four gallons of a secref howed in prayer Sister McPherson chemical substance, had been plac invited all who wished her to prayed on the ground at intervals of for them to hold up their hands. Not a soul moved. Sister McPher-At the approach of the airplane"
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ed forth by the containers With Love" raised. God bless you! God bless lay stretched over an area of big Pifate." you said Sister McPherson, and counted the hands one by one.
After frequent appeals the count ed up to fourteen. After that she gave it up.
At the end of the service she dis tributed roses from her great bouquet to sil who responded to
square yards.
It is claimed that the Magie Curtain," as the device has been named, will be of greater protec tion to cities against air attacks than the strongest barrage from anti-aircraft guna
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