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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1930.
SNAPSHOTS OF A JUNIOR LEAGUE CAPTAIN
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS
IMPLORES TEAM TO HOLD THESE GUYS NOW AND TAKES HIS PLACE IN THE LINE
·DOESN'T QUITE REALIZE ...WHAT HAS HAPPENED
EXCEPT THAT THE PLAY HAS STARTED
| FOLLOWS LOSING GROUND STEADILY AND SHOUTING WHY DOESN'T SOMEBODY SET THAT MAN
11-10
RECOVERS. QUICKLY SHOUTING THERE HE 60E6; NAIL HIM SOME- BODY
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(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicats. Inc.)
MISS VANBRUGH ENTERTAINED.
GUEST OF TOWN AND COUNTIES CLUB,
the
LESSON SERMON.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG.
"Ancient and modern necro-
Miss Ireno Vanburgh WER guest at luncheon recently of the mancy, alias mesneriam and hyno- Town and Counties Club, Manchestisus, denounced" was, the subject
ter.
The reception was attended by the Lady Mayoress (Mrs. R. Noton Barclay) and the Mayor and Mayoress of Salford (Councillor and Mrs. 8. Finburgh).
for
of the Lesson Sermon in all
Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, November 30.
The Golden Text was: ho not
SETS OUT IN PURSUIT FULL OF FERCE DETER- MINATION, BUT ABOUT TEN YARDS BEHIND THE MAN WITH THE BALL
UNSCRAMBLES HIMSELF FROM PILE, MOPS BROW AND SAYS 'WELL WE STOPPED HIM THAT TIME, BUT NOW BUCK UP EVERYBODY, HE CANT DO THE WHOLE THING HIMSELF
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THE SILVER SCREEN.
CHASING RAINDOWS.” .....
"Chasing. Rainbows"
Metro
| Goldwyn-Mayor's all-talking, sing- ing, dancing romance which opened yesterday at the Queen's Theatre is a brilliant successor to "The Broadway Melody." The samo star- ring pair, Charles King and Bossie Love are featured in a vital colour. ful love story against a backstage sulting, with lilting songs beautiful girls and spectacular tochnicolour
Lecnés:
The new songs are." Everybody Tap." "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "Lucky Me, Lovable You," by Milton Ager and Jack Tollen; "Love Ain't Nothing. But the Blues," by Low Aller and Joe Goodwin; and "My Dynamita Per- sonality," by Fred Fisher, George Ward and Reggie Montgomery.
"A LADY TO LOVE.".
Vilma Banky, Hungarian Gre star, and Victor Seastrom, direc tor of such outstanding cinema nohievementé ng "The Scarlet Let-" tor" and "Ho who Gote Slapped," will make a joint entrance into the all-talking picture field when Miss Banky's starring vehicle, "A Lady To Love," is showning shortly at the Queen's Theatre,
Although Miss Binky spoke a few line in her last picture, This Is Heaven," the now production will be her first all-talking endeavour; Mr. Seastrom, on the other hand, has confined his directorial netivi tica horotofore entirely to the Bil ent soreen and his first audible work will be looked forward with considerabio interest.
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to
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The pictare, adapted from original story by Sidney Howard, playwright, contains an exception- cast. which includes Kobert Amos, direct from Gloria Bwan- son's "The Trespasser," Edward G,' Robinson, Lloyd Ingraham, George Davis, - Anderson Lawlor,
Gun
| Chin,... Richard · Carla und' Henry
Armotta,
Information is that Mis Banky was the subject of similar disguis tude in respect to her talking. qualifications as was experienced- by: the Swedish Greta Garbo pre- vious to the showing of "Anna" Christie," which relieved all doubt in regard to the latter's speaking. potentialities. However, auspense in connection with Miss Banky's voice is somewhat lessened the slar's brief nudible sequence in her
Mrs, J, L. Stocks, who was in the
Among the citations which com chair, welcoming Miss Vanburgh, prised the Lesson-Bermon was the said that the British public felt shall not be found among you
following from the Bible. Miss Vanburgh a "peculiar any one that maketh his son og liking," comparable to that which, daughter to pass through the they had for her great predecessor, fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, Ellon Torry.
or a witch, or a charmer, or a can-Three Cornered Hat Suite."Inas production has prepared ad-
New Light Symphony Orch.diences for her slight necent.. "Lyric Suite" (Grieg), Royal
Replying, Miss Vanbrugh aid that if London, where she be songed, came firms in her theatri- eal life, Manchester certainly came second, and she recollected with pleasure the season she had spent in the city in company with her late husband. Manchester could produce one of the best, possibly the finest audience in the world.
sulter with familiar; spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomi- nation unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from be fore thos. Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God." (Deut) 18; 10-43.).
Orchestral.
Albert Hall Orchestra. K 7.30 p.m.-The Rev. H. R. Wells will give the 3rd lesson on "Cantones for Everyone." A Ballad Concert.
8 p..
́Oldham, Tenor.
"My Lovely Celia."-Reinald Wer
rearath, Baritone.
The Lesson-Sermon also includ«The Lass With the Delicate Air The Lady Mayoress said that ined the following passage from
(by special request of a Listen those days when so many other the Christian Science textbook,
er)-Mavis Bennett, Soprano. forms of entertainment were claim- "Science and Health with Key to ing our attention, admirable the Scriptures" by Mary BakerSigh No More Ladies."-Derek though they might be, we owed Eddy, "Christian Scienco goes to a debt of gratitude to Mins. Van- the bottom of mental action, and brugh for her part in keeping alive | reveals this theodicy which indioster the best part of the drama.
the rightness of all divine action, as the emination of divine Mind. and the consequent wrongness of the opposite so-called action,--ovil, occultiem, necromancy, mesmerism, animal magnetism, hypnotism.”. (p. 104.)...
At the conclusion of the luncheon, Miss Vanbrugh was made an honor ary member of the Club,
PASTOR DEFENDS SHORT SKIRTS,
CHALLENGE TO THE
VICTORIANS.
MARQUIS' KISS AT THE ALTAR.
BRILLIANT WEDDING IN OLD ST GILES'.
"The passion of sex is dangerous, like fire, and entrancingly beauti ful," said the Rev. Edward Morgan, The last sonorous words that pro. in his presidential address to the nounced the Marquis of Graham, East Glamorgan English Congrega-hair of the Duke of Montrose, and tional Association here,
Miss Isobel Veronton Bular man The Church never did the world and wife still echoed in St. Gilos such ill service," he continued, "asalhedral last month when a when she associated this divine bridesmaid stepped forward and hunger with uncleanness, and not removed the veil of the new. Mar- ing is more imperative than that on chioness of Graham, this matter, almost more than ady other, she should revise her ideas.
The Flapper...'
"One day" he said, giving a personal experience, I was riding
Hor husband boat his head and kianed her.
Thon the music of, the pipca, which skirled from the doorway in dood of triumph, told the killed in a tramcar in Cardill, and opposite crowds in High-street that the mar sat a young girl, popularly and pro-rago had faire place. It was a fanely described as a flapper. She signal for women to break through displayed largo, clean, and generous the cordon of police, who, reform" arena of shapely limba, but appeared aside in the rush of thousands.
ing their ranka, were again brush-
Here are my reflections:. "I cannot tell, young woman, what you are thinking about. You may be thinking of sex, tennis, the cosmos,
quito unaware of it.
or cosmetics,' '
My reflections were interrupted by a Victorian woman entering the tram-car. She wore a skirt over bor knees. As she took her sent sho pulled down hor skirt another. inch.
It was the most spectacular wed- ding Edinburgh has soon for years, The marquis, in his velvet jacket and laos ruffes, his kilt and spor tan and the sword of the grant marquis by his side, might have been Bonnie Dundee himself.
Montrose Hairloom,
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THE LADY OF THE HAREM,"
"The Lady of the Harem" which is showing at the World Thastig to-day is a story laid in the glit tering Peraian city of Khorasan during the period of the Arabian Nights. The story begins when n beautiful Persian, maid is seized by soldiers of the oppressive. Sultan and taken to the slave market, owing to her fathor being unable to pay the taxes.
Thoro, despite the efforts of her "Do You Know My Garden laver, she is purchased for the Renee Chemet, Violinist, Sultan's harem. How the lover "Ever of Thee I am Fondly Dream.recovers the girl provided one of ing."-Frances Alds, Soprano, the inort exciting silent films ever shown in the Colony with the be- "The Sweetest Flower That autiful Persian city as the back- Blows. Edna Thornton, Con-ground. The leading roles' are fill. ed by Earnest Terrence (the Sul- "Alica Where Art Thou?"—Arthur tan) Grote Nissen, (the maid):
Meale, Pinkist.
traito,
Hinton, Dinton and Meale" Peter Dawson, Bass Baritone. 8.30
p.m. Experimental relay perlod
p.m.-Weather report, local time,
etc.
0 to 0.30 p.m.-Relay of the 9.16 performance from the Queen's Theatre by kind permission of the management,
Popular Tunes,
William Collier, Jr. (the lover) and Louise Fazenda, who contri butes most of the humour."
ENGLAND. THE CREDITOR NATION.
STILL RICHER THAN USA
"The National Wealth of the Caited Kingdom" was the text of * Charmaite."—Victor Salon Orch, an addreas delivered at the Mid- “Jeannine I Dream of Lilae Time”land Hotel, to the members of the -Jesse Crawford, Organis Manchester Fortnightly Society by Nightingales" (Actually recorded Mr. John Smith, Dr. Clark pro-
ina Garden)Beatrice Harrisided. son, Celloist..
La spite of unemployment. and “Just Like A Butterfly" (by special depression, the lecturer said, the
QUEEN'S
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2,80, 5,10, 7:15 & 0.20,
BHL
STARS of
BROADWAY MELODY"
with CHARLES KING BESSIE LOVE JACK BENNY MARIE DRESSLER
POLLY MORAN · BDDIE PHILLIPS
directed by
CHARLES RIDSNER
FOLLOW the crowde
to this glorious c cessor to "The Broad. way Melody." Tha sama starring paiz, Charles King and Bes ›la Love, in a vital, colorful love story against a backstage set- ́ting, with lilting songy, gorgeous giris, eye fill.
ing Technicolor scence.
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TALKING
PICTURE
COMING SHORTLY VILMA BANKY
fo
Lady Love
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request of a listener). Melville inatorial wealth of England had LADY OF THE HAREM
Gideon and Orchestra. We increased and was still increasing. "My Bird of Paradise, Hilo It was still the credit country of
Orchestra.
the world, and was becoming more "Just Like a Melody Out of the so every year. It might scem as- Neath the Desert Afoon. Arthur raund that we were richer to-day Sky"-Gene Austin, Tenor. Lonishing to some, but the fact re
Meale, Organist.
taan we were before the war. Tho 10.30 p.m.-Close dov
burden of taxation was laid 'main'.
down.
STAR
on the rich, but the rich had not FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
heen taxed out of existence, as many There predicted would be the case.
gown of ivory satin had were more millionaires and greator her goodered Medici collar, milhonaires than ever. The ey and over it she word a long-waist- eral level of nicos had been slowly for everal ed coat of gory rolvat which falling ins
England for The bride wore the lovely horowed boh nd to forin a train. years
Bonfires blazed all over Ar Quoting from a number of re "My reflection was, I know what loom ince veil of the Montrose
nan when the marquis brought turna, Mr. Smith estimated the This bride, hona
the inational wealth in England in 1014. and a wave of chicoring swept across stood at the firth when the steamer's lights as a creditor country was still much
richer than the United States wore soc
WE WILL DO THE REST, wearing abouty and these family, arranged within coronet of
Superficially the Victorian was holonged to Mary Queen of Scots more modest, but the fapper may was clasped roued her throat, have been the purer.
[Continued et foot of nest column,)
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