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SARAH AND SON
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"Only & Rose" thrill your heart' as Dennis King sings it. DENNIS KING
The Vagabond King
JEANETTE MACDONALD WARKER OLAND
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MIXED MARRIAGE.
DR. DOWNEY'S REPLY TO DR. DAVID.
OFFER OF IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION.
Dr. Downey, the Ronian Catholic | Archbishop of Liverpool. has, re- plied, in a statement issued to the Press, to the letter from Dr. David, Bishop of Liverpool, en the attitude of Roman Catholic priests to mixed marriages, and alleged attacks oỤC the Anglican Church by Romani Catholic speakers.. Dr. Downey Anton
I am frankly amazed at the inade- quey of the dossier at last pro- duced by his lordship, under pres Eure, in support of the very serious allegations made by him. Let me remind his lordship and the public what it is he has to prove. First, that the Catholic. Evidence Guild mado a practice of attacking the | Church of England and holding ser- vices in such proximity to Anglica churches as to create a nuisance to the Anglican worshippers. He has given me one case, which rests on the uncorroborated evidence of a minister of the Church of England. 1 will investigate the case at once, though I think it was for his lord. ship to have done so before making the charge. May I remind his lord- siúp that arguing from the parti- cular to, the universal is n logical fallacy which would result in one swallow making a summer†
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Secondly, he has to prove that priests in Liverpool have declared that mixed marriages were invalid and the children of such marriages illegitimate in English law. Fortu nately, both Bishop David and myself are agreed that all priests have every right to declare mixed marriages invalid by his own Church law. These are his lord-1 ship's own words, and most of his dossier goes to prove what is already admitted between us. His lordship cites, five cases, all proving what is already admitted by both of us. Since he admits that priests have every right to declare a mar- riage invalid in Church law, why cite five cases of it!
His lordship does cito one solitary case of a priest in Liverpool who is reputed to have denied the legiti macy in law of the children of a mixed marriage. This case alsó I shall investigate at once, but here again it seems to me it was the plain duty of his lordship to have investigated this case instead of accepting second-hand evidence and then making a gentral charge against the Catholic priests of this city."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS~THE OWL TRAIN
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
GIYAS
RETURNS ON OWL TRAIN FROM BANQUET IN TOWN. WISHES HE HAD BOUGHT A PAPER
NODS OFF:
WAKES SUDDENLY AS TRAIN IS PULLING OUT. OF A STATION. ANXIOUS LY ASKS MAN ACROSS AISLE WHERE THEY ARE
10-27
LULLABIES FOR ELEPHANTS.
·SITS BOLT UPRIGHT - WITH EYES WIDE OPEN IN DETERMINED EFFORT TO KEEP AWAKE. EVES GET HEAVIER AND
HEAVIER
DOES POETRY CALM THEIR
TROUBLED BREASTS?
Have elephants an ear for poetry? A lengued body of Amerigan, naturalists have been discussing the power of poetry to calm an irritated elephant, and news has come from the Ratnapura district, Central Ceylon, that the district tribesmen have inherited certain, stanzas from their forefathers which are supposed to soothe, an angry elephant if re cited in the nick of time.........
Two headmen from a Ratnapura village were recently attacked by a |
race of elephants.
One stood perfectly still, put his hands behind his back, and recited the tribe's little pieco, His elephant turned round hur- riedly and ran off.
The other elephant, who had no ear for poetry, ruined the metre of the second headman, and threw him away The tribe found him next night in a pit saying singu Jac. things, that were not poetry, about his nocestors.
I visited the London Zoo, says I may add that his lordship goes D.D. in the News-Chronicle, with far afield in search of priestly the set purpose of irritating the. victims, citing doubtful cases from animals, and an anthology of famous Mancheater and the East End of poems from which to apply the Tondon, places over which neither soothing treatment. his lordship nor ́myself have, any, jurisdiction.
Two Casps to Investigate."
It may have been the poetry, it may have been the weather, it may, in fact, have been anything, but
WAKES WITH A START. WONDERS CAN HE HAVE BEEN CARRIED PAST HIS STATION, GEES FAMILIAR, LANDMARK AT LAST.
TELLS HIMSELF HE MUSTAPI) 60 TO SLEEP AGAIN. HE'LL JUST LEAN BACK ANDER CLOSE HIS EYES TO REST THEM
WAXES, SURE THAT CON- · FINDS HIS STATION IS DUCTOR CALLED HIS STA” STILL FOUR STATIONS AT TION. DASHES FOR POOR WAY. KEEPS AWAKE'BY CALLING TO WAIT A READING BANQUET SOU: MINUTE
YENİR MENU, VĚRY BULL.
(Copyright, 1930, by The Ball Syndicate. Inc.)
"What are you doing said the | wondering keeper. :...
"Burns' Highland Mary- S'hkb,' " I replied, desperately.
I explained to the man, and he grew quite interested. We tried the elephant together.
There was young lady of Wapping," he began eagerly
A sudden calm cainp over the and the qoise censed. It was listen elephant. His trunk swung gently ing.
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HELENA MAY CONCERT RELAY.
11 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock quotations.
-11.30 a.m.-Chinese programme. "Don't you think we, might try 12.30 p.m.-European programme. something
..more.
1.30 p.m.--Weather report, local seemly" I suggested.
time and Rugby Press news. "Look," said the man.
é p.m.-Clase down. The elephant was gazing pleasp.n.-European-programme. santly at both of us
Come fill the cup od in the
fire of spring. The winter garment of repent
ance f..."
The elephant shifted its stance. Buddenly: -
There was a young lady of
Hastings, yelled the man. The elephant was happy. There's something in it. what is the verse that Ratnapura tribesmen know!
But
CLOSER UNION OF EAST. AFRICA.
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY
OPENS.
SIR SAMUEL WILSON ON HIS TOUR:
When the Joint Committee of the Commons which has been set up to
As a result of, his lordship' you may be assured that poetry has Hone of Lords and the House of reiterated allegations I find myself but little soothing effect on a dis- concerning the Catholic Evidence pestuous rhinoceros
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"THE UNHOLY THREE!?!
Maybe I'll fall'em-and sing." So remarked Lon Chaney when ho signed his all-talking picture con tract with 3fetro-Goldwyn-Mayer... And he proved true to his word.
Yankee Princess."-Vocal gems.-Victor Light Opera Co. No, No, Nanette"--Vocal geme.—
Victor Light Opers. Co. flose Marie "-Vocal gems-Vic
tor Light Opera Co.
Tho. Man of a Thousand Facos" sings "Sweet Rosie O'Grady ? iht The Unholy Three" his talking picture, which will be shown to day at the Queen's Theatre. He does it, however, in the squeaky voice of vontriloquist's dummy, as part of his act in the picture in which he, plays the sinister Professor Echo."
The new picturo is n drhma of n side show ventriloquist, midget and giant who band together in a strange plot. Ivan Linow plays the giant, and Harry Earles, who played the midget in the original silent version sono venra ago, appears in his old rule. Lila Leo is the heroine and Elliott Nugent the romantic lead. Jack Conway directed.
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Though the idea of Chancy sing- THE ing caused some surprise around the studio, Chaney said he did not see why it should innemuch as he sang on the musical comedy stngo for many years previous to entering Blin work.
“OER BLUSHING BRIDES:”.
Training with the Albertina Rasch ballet cost Joan Crawford exactly eight pounds while prepar ing for her role in “ Our Blushing Brides," her new talking vehicle which will come on Sunday to the Queen's Theatre is a new Metro Goldwyn-Mayer feature.
Miss Crawford, who leads the famous ballet in the spectacular garden-party scenes, rehearsed for four bours every day with the train- Led ballet until the strenuous routine was' completed. When she went to fit costumes, the loss of weight was discovered...
Harry Beaumont, who directed Our Dancing Daughters," direct- ed the new Crawford film with Robert Montgomery in the leading asculine role and Anita Page and Dorothy Sobaslinn sharing feminine hondura. Included in the support- ing cast are Raymond Hackett, Hodda Hopper, John Miljan, Mary Doran and Gwen Lee.
CENTRAL THEATRE.
"SARAH AND SON.”;
One of Gimdom'a most popular will be seen and heard in Sarah child actors, Phillipe de · Laey,
and Son, Paramount's powerful The Morry Widow."--Operetta romance-drama starring Ruth Chat- Medley. Victor Light Opera terton, which is now showing at the Co.
Central Theatre,
This is Phillips's third picture for Paramount in less than a year's time. Ho, was cast in the rêle_of
talks
UNHOLY THREE
He can disguise and
"The Chocolate · Soldier ”—Oper- etta Medley, Victor Light Opera Co. 5.30 to 0.20 p.m.-Relay of concert Richard Arlen as a boy in "The from the Helena May Institute. Four Feathers," and was Lilyan 6.30 to 7.15 pan, Children's pro-Ashman's son in The Marrings
gramme.
7.15 to 7,35 p.m.)
Band Belections. (Moraima "—Spanisli Caprice (Es-
pinosa)-Creatore's Batid "Dolores" (Waldteufel). -Crea-
tore's Band, "La Paloma (The Dovo) (Yra
dier)--Arthur Pryor's Band, ... "Over the Walves" (Rosas).
Arthur Pryor's Band. “Lights Out March" (E. E. Me- CoyArthur Pryor's Band.
with two cases to investiagate, one gruntled giraffe, and less on a tem consider the question of East Africa 1.35 to 8 p‚is.—
held its first public session in the House of Lords. Sir Samuel Wil- sot, Permanent Under Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, was the first witness to give his views.
Sir Samuel explained that on the instructions of Mr. Amery, then Secretary of the Colonies, ho went to East Africa in 1020.
Guild and the other concerning Now, I have no grudge against mixed marriages. I shall take steps lisa Gertrude Stein, the poetess. to have an impartial investigation, Everything has its little niche. I if his lordship's witnesses will be merely say that Miss Stein's little good enough to give evidence, and niche is not in the elephant house I will then publish the result. of the London Zoological Gardens,
There is the third point. Nearly I irritated an elephant by buying | six weeks ago I cited for his lorda bun and playing Now me, now ship's information the official teach you." The method is to continue ing of the Catholic Church as set offering the animal the bun and
Bettlers Co-operation Essential forth in the code of canon law. In taking it away again. The animal's "I am still of the opinion," said stead of mastering that treatise and ears began to flag, and its trunk Sir Samuel, that if at any time judging us by it, he now cites began to swing. Suddenly it let in the near future the Government three anofficial documents which he loose a horrid trumpeting decide to adopt a scheme of closer cannot reconcile with the canon law
an advertisement of a mission in recited this choice hunk of Mission for East Africa some soheme Everton, an extract from a Roman Stein, reproduced here as it is on the general lines of my proppaals Catholic magazine in London, and written
would be the one most Reaeptable
to the peoples of Kenya Uganda, and Tanganyika, 2
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Concert Items, Orchestral Serenade" (Volk mana) Flight of the Bumble Bee"(Rimaky-Korsakow). Chicago Symphony Orch. Song Serenade " (Schubert).—
Louise Homer (Contralto). Pianoforte Solo Naila". (De. libes Dohnanyi). Wilhelm Bachpus Song "Absent (Glenn-Metcalf)
Playground." In Sarah and Bon he plays the part of the eleven-year-old son of Miss Chatter- tom....
Phillipe is the adopted son of Edyth de Lucy, an English woman who, serving as a nurse in Frange during the War, discovered the baby in a shell-hole. His mother and father had been killed and Miss de Laey took charge of him and brought him to the United States..
In 1920, when Phillipe was threo years old, he made his screen delint in Geraldine Farrar's " Biddle Woman. After that "he" has made an unbroken series of appearances before the screen.
"THE VAGABOND" KINGŲ.
Curious fans who have often won dered whether a sergen, idol ever condescends to become apxtra should read this. It happened, re- Hollywood. Dennis King, who was cently at the Paramount studio in —Richard Crooks (Tenor).
a sequence of "The Orchestral Blue Danube Waltz working on
(Strauss), Philadelphia Sym-Vagabond King," in which he is
atarred, finished his phony Orch
8 p.m.-Chinese Studio concert,
m-Weather report, local time, an answer from a catechism of Looking out what do I see."
10.30 p.m. Close down. Christian doctrine for which he has I are rains grecs hills houses and to go far afield, namely to New their moon. What does ho see. I should be very loath to re- The Victor records used in the Zealand.
He sees he says so too. What commcnd the Government to adopt above programme were kindly sup- does he see. He sees that he says any scheme of closer union if they lied by Messrs. Trang Fook Piano so too. This can be felt and as could not be assured beforehand of Co.
Thoy. are quite easily reconciled, as all three documents deny the validity of mixed marriages in Church law, and have no bearing whatever on the civil law, either in Everton or in New Zealand.
the co-operation of the Kenya
his. Do you see it, look like settlers. Were any such action to
that.?"
be taken, I cannot help feeling that
•
The elephant raised his truck no little risk would be run of creat active attempts at the present time His lordship hus wasted a great and blew in my face! Heh, whating in East Africa political atto solve this problem." deal of time proving what is already the yelled a man beside me mosphere which I think we all might He suggested to the Iadian Dole
carly day's work After doffing his medioval tights. and tunic, and resuming the dress of the twentieth century, he stopped on the Behind the Make-up" setting, where Kay Francis and Hal Skelly were being directed in a in a scene by Robert Milton
and
“Just in time,” Milton greeted King Walk out that door for me in this scene and no you go out, say good afternoon,
chnage his voice now, as he disguises and changes his character!
The most amazing and exciting screen event, în years!
new Chaney with greater thrill and fasci nation!
with Lila Lee
Elliots
Nugent
Harry Earles
Directed by
Jack Conway TOD ROBBINS
Metro Goldwyn My
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JOAN
RAWFORD
Our
Blushing Brides
Forn Crawford
Dorothy
America's Dancing
Daughter is here now
·la a picture of today that ants at the truth about modern love and marriage in 'new and startling way. Fashions and romaned for the womeni Drama, and thrills for the m
with
Robert Montgomery Anita Page Dorothy Sebastian Raymond Hackett
Harry Beaumont Production
STAR
The star-extra did his bit and ́ns] reward received the complimenta of the director, gation which he met at Nairobi that The Vagabond King," in which Sir Samupl, referring to the he thought the best course they Dennin King plays the starring title question of Indian representation could follow for the moment was to role, is based on the famous novel, on the Legislative Council of Kenya; explore such lines of approach as#11 Were King," by Justin said he did not despair of Anding a might eventually lead to an agree Huntly McCarthy, and the subse
is quent operetta, The Vagabond TO DAY TO SATURDAY- solution of that very difficult ques-ment.
ED King sian callandered with the sloper
admitted. What he has to prove is who was included. Wait a regret afterwards. that the Catholic Church denies the minute," I replied hurriedly. validity of mixed marriages in civil"There are fairies at the bottom law. It is regrettable that when he of my garden. had the opportunity his lordship There are
did not make himself better ac-Bats at the summit of my bel
mission that general local agree Sir Samuel,
ying to Lord ist zegi and Kenfu 45 the lending
Cathaire church-snia-regis Bastily The elephant was running mixed marriages before launching round in little circles arging to hit ment must be in casential factor in Cranworth, said that while he was Indy for Maurice Chevalier in The STATE STREET SADIE
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his reckless attack. His remark me with all it had." that it is to Be, noted that the
"Ye banks and braea and
streams, arpund The castle of Montgomery," Green be your woods and fair
your flowers
of fear for the unlearned and the Door is beneath contempt, and, like most of his lordship's other allegations, incapable of proof..
niece of Louis XI. and the beloved
any scheme of settlemeet, men East Africa be did hear the view Love Parade is the lovely royal
It is for this reasoned be added, expressed that they were frighten I think that in the present state ed of having a High Commissioner
of feeling in Enst. Africa more harm because they did not wish to run than good is likely to come of any the risk of having a dud" Com (Continued at foot of neat column.) missioner appointed.
of Francois Villon (Dennis King).
in this gorgeous all-technicolour,
singing romance which comes to the Central Theatre on Saturday.
CONRAD NAGEL MYRNA LOY