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The Vagabond King'
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JEANETTE MACDONALD
WARKER OLAND
D.P RIGGI
A Puramcend Pictur
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16 BISHOPS SIGN
MANIFESTO.
A NEW TRADITION FOR SUNDAY.
THE QUESTION OF RECREATION.
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A striking manifesto on reaction against the rigour of Sabbatarianism.""and the question shether recreation on Sundays is legitimate, was issued recently by the Council of Christian Ministera on Social Questions.
The Bishop of Lichfield and Dr. Scott Lidgett are joint chairmen of the Council, and the manifesto is issued under the title "A New Tradition for Sunday,"
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It is signed, by 16 Bishops, the lean of Chester, the Master of the Temple, the Rector of Birmingham and the Vicar of Leeds: also by 28 heading Free Churchmen, including the chairman and chairman-elect of the Congregational Union, Dr. Carvie, and Dr. S. M. Berry; by Dr. W. R. Maltby, Dr. W., F. Loft-' house and Rev. Henry Carter of the Wesleyans; by Dr. A. Herbert Gray and Rev. James Reid of the Presby terians and by representatives of the Baptists and other Methodist churches.
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All-Tulking Komaatio Smash!. Burning Love Under
Tho Tropic Moon 1
Thrill To The Haunting Melody of "GAT LOVE."
The
DELIGHTFUL
Sunday Work Increasing. They say that:
Obligatory Sunday work for whole classes of the community is increasing.
Sunday is less and less a day of real reat for many who are not obliged to do work, and
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1931.
Least of all is it for multitudes of our people a day of return to God,
THE FAMILY ALBUM-LOCKING UP
WWLARS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
fift
LOCKS FRONT DOOR.
UNLOCKS DOOR AGAM
· MUTTERS IT'S GOING TO WIFE CALLS SHE HASNT
ID TAKE A LOOK AT THERMOMETER OUTSIDE
ON WAY TO BED
OPENS DOOR AGAIN AND WHISTLES, DOG AP- PEARING AT LAST FROM UNDER LIVING ROOM COUCH
BE COLD AND LOCKS
UP AGAIN
LOCKS UP AGAIN, JUST AS MILDRED CALLS SHE LEFT HER OVERSHOES OUT ON "FRONT PORCH BECAUSE THEY WERE WET
(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc)
THE SILVER SCREEN,
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
"NOT SO DUMB."
Two recent recruits from the atage, now enjoying how popularity Whilst abandoning the Fourth
as screen juveniles, are to be seen Coinmandment, the Anglican and
And heard for the first time together Free Church leaders "press upon in "Not So Dumb,” Marion Davies' the Christian conscience the legiti-new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring maté claim" for Sunday observance, feature, which opens to-day at the the more so seeing that "the reacQueen's Theatre. tion against undue rigorism has be- They are come, as is usual with reactions and, indeed, disastrous."
ROGUE
with
ROD
LA ROCQUE
and RITA LA ROY
The manifesto proceeds:
The claim that we should dedicate Sunday specially to worship, ac cording to the practice of the church from the first, should need no justification.
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BRINGS MILDREDİS.O VERSHOES IN AND RE- LOCKS DOOR
10-30
CENTRAL THEATRE,
"THE VAGABOND KING."
Dennis King, as the master of the sword, the leader of the vagabonds, the redeemer of Paria and the cap- tor of a princess' heart, leaps into the very front rank of romantic actor-singers of the cinema in his portrayal of Francois Villon, the post-hero of "The Vagabond King." now showing at the Queen's Theatre.
SEEN THE TOG AROUND SHE THINKS HE'S STILL OUT
HALFWAY UP STAIRS WIFE CALLS WILFRID'S AT HIS CLASS MEETING AND HE MAY NOT HAVE A KEY HED BETTER LEAVE DOOR, UNLOCKED
MR. VERNON HARTSHORN.
DIFFERENCES IN THE
... CABINET?
A. statement that he did not sẹ.. cept the Government's figans of work found for the unemployed was made in the House of Commons by | Mr. Blayd. George.
We shall have to raise the issue inter and take the opinion of the House on it," he added.
Mr. Lloyd George's -epeech put into words the feeling which is shared by an increasing number of M.P.8 that the Government is not prossing on with relief schemes.
GOLF CLUBS AND SUNDAY
DRINKS.
WHY NOT HAVE SOME
GINGER DEER?"
The Leral leader hinted at a vote on the question after the ro COUR, It is known that the Con- servatives intend to bring forward.
QUEEN'S
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20, You Must Meet Dulcy — she's
riot!
n motion of censure on unemploy- A ment soon after the re-assembly.
Affronted.
KING VIDOR
It is an open secret that Mr. predchen Lloyd George and his friends were affronted by the offhand way in which the Government dealt with the case they put forward in the unemployment dobate,
No Minister with. first-hand know. ledge of the steps which had been taken was put up to speak, and the Ministers who took part in the de- |bate did not den fully with the points put forward by Liberal speakers.
An appeal which raised the ques tion as to the hours during which drinks can be supplied to members by golf clubs on Sundays was argued in the King's Bench Divi- sign..
The period of the plot is 1403, the late middle ages. Louis XI. (play. ed by D. P. Heggie) is this weakling king of France, besieged at Paris by the. Burgundian army. By a Elliott Nugent and quirk of fate, Dennis King becomes sovereign for a week. It is during Raymond Hackett, Nugent won this brief reign that he meets Louis fame on the stage in bis own plays, niece, the Princess Katherine (play ed by Jeanette MacDonald) and "Kempy" and "The Poor Nut," falls in love with lar. By clever and made his screen debut in So generalship, King outwits and de- This 1, College and the screen feats the Burgundians with the help now titled his faithful vagabond adherents. version of "Kempy," "Wie Girls," Hackett scored on Parie is thus eaved, but the trea- the stage and screen in The Trial cherous Louis decides that King is of Mary Dugan" and later played too powerful and that he must be the dramatic son role in the pio- hanged. turization of "Madame X."
Nothing can be more mistaken than the idea that really recreative rest is to be found in rapid motion or conlant excitement. If the re- verent sense of God is to be retain ed, we need not only cessation from week-day work, but deliberate quiet- ness and return to God.
Obligations of Christians
זי
King Vidor directed the new Davies film. The supporting cast includes William Holden, Julia Faye, Sally Starr, Franklin Pan- born and Donald Ogden Stowart.
"ONE MAD. KISS."
Castanets, which provido an in- évitable accompaniment for every
The primary obligation of a Christian ng regards Sunday is stat-Spanish dance, are played with
ed to be fourfold:
1. To participate in public wor ship and renew the habit of private devotion even at considerable per- sonal cost. The current neglect of this primary spiritual obligation and high privilege must be manifest to everyone.
2. To engage, according to op portunity, in Christian service.
3. To learn or relearn the secrot of really recreative rest.
rest
4. To strive by all means to secure that his own or his family's shall not be secured at the enst of needless work being imposed on others, whether public or private servants. It will be observed that no objection is taken to recreation in the usual sense, if this fourfold obligation is first observed. Grant ed this, we are content to leave to the Christian's own conscience the decision as to the Sunday recron- tions which are suitable or unsuit- able.
amazing facility by Mona Maris, who has the feminine lead in "One Mad, Kiss," Fox Movietone musical romance, with Don Joss Mojica, which will be seen and heard on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre.
Miss Maris, a native of Argon- tine, learned to play the castonets when a small girl.
It is when the here is about to on the bave his life snuffed out gibbet that Katherine takes a part in the proceedings and saves the a tremendously powerful day in dramatic climax.
Castanets had their origin back in the ancient days when Greek aud. Roman civilization and the aris reached their highest peak. The first record of their use was in the Dionysian and Bacchanation rites performed by Greek and Roman dancers.
They were introduced into Spain by the conquering Moors, and now
re
used almost exclusively by Spanish dancers. Composed of two near-shaped bowls of hard wood, they are hinged by a silk card, the loop placed over the thumb and first Anger..
Marcel Silver directed and An- tonio Moreno and Tom Patricola aroʻalso featured in this picture.
Drink can be supplied for five
hours on Sundays, no more than
thres of those hours being between 8 and 10 p.m. Frinton Golf Club fixed their five hours at noon to 1.30, 2 to 2.30 and 4:30 and 7.30, and officials were fined for selling drink
Mrs. Vernon Hartshorn, the Lord Privy Seal, the, Minister most direally responsible for unemploy- ment schemes although the matter is nown under the direction of a Committee headed by tho Prime Minister-did not speak at all, although he was in the House tak- ing notes early in the evening.
In these circumstances it is not surprising that the Lobby is full of rumours concerning Mr. Hartshorn's
relations with the rest of the Cabi
at 3 p.m. Against this they np.not. It is clear from speeches he Pealed,
Mr. Hynes argued that the three hours allowed in the evening need not be between 0 and 10 o'clock. When members finished a round of golf in the afternoon they did not want to wait until 8 pm. for a drink.
Mr. Justice Avory: Why, can't they go home!
Mr. Justice Swift: What is to prevent them having a drink of ginger beer") (Laughter.) ̧
The appeal was dismissed with
costs.
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MARION DAVIES
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NOT SO DUMB
A "Fush" Demanded." The Lord Privy Seal has present- ed a number of reports to the Cabi- net, and has strongly urged a real "push" to cure unemployment. These Have not been accepted, and
it is known that Mr. Hartshorn is greatly dissatisfied with the posi
tion.
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