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GERTRUDE LAWRENCE
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*The Battle of Paris
Garamount Faure
with
Charles Ruggles Directed by ROBERT FLOREY
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MAURICE CHEVALIER
AND
JEANETTE MACDONALD
"THE
LOVE PARADE
Bookings at Andersons and the Theatre (Tel. 25720).
MAINTAINING
CLARA BOW SHEDS A FEW TEARS.
THE “IT” GIRL "AIN'T
GONNA BE A SAP,”
Los Angeles-Miss Clara Bow, the red-haired" It " girl of the screen, whose suit against her former private secretary on charger of stealing her love letters and issuing unauthorised cheques is the current scusation of Los Angeles. and Hollywood, told a pressman în her own terse "slanguage" her side of the case..
She said that she employed Miss, Daisy Devoe as a confidential secre tary in January, 1029, at a salárs of £15' weekly.
1
Daley was a real pal at first nud I raised her salary to £25," said Miss Bow, and then she went
on to tell me the rest of the story
in earnest tones, with those groal big brown eyes looking up pathe. tically every now and then."
* Of course, "we" "had" qur" ups and downs, and sometimes I'd square away and sorta take a poke at her, fooling like, but she never took me seriously!
Then came home one night after work and was tired and every thing, and she wasn't there, 1 yelled, "Daisy!' a couple of times and, looked in her room. It looked funny, and then I saw her clothes had gone.
"S'funny, I thought to myself, hut-well, you ain't heard nothing rot.
"In a day or two Mr. W. I
Gilbert, he's my attorney, you. know, telephoned and anid that Daisy had some telegramas of mine and a letter.
"Well, you could have knocked
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1931.
UBURBAN HEIGHTS-WAITING FOR GUESTS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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COMPLAINS. HE DOESN'T
I SEE WHY THE PERLEYS
TAKES. A LOOK OUT WINDOW
SAYS FRED IS STILL DRESSING, THERE'S A LIGHT IN THEIR BED- "ROOM
CANT BE ON TIME FOR DINNER WHEN THEY LIVE NEXT DOOR
HULLO, WHATS THIS, UGHIS ARE GOING ON DOWNSTAIRS ONE AFTER ANOTHER. MUST BE FRED IIS WOOKING FOR HIS
'UMBRELLA
CALLS MTS ALL RIGHT. TO PUT DINNER ON.
·HOUSE IS DARK
'CALLS AT LAST'I BED- ROOM LIGHTS OUT THEY MUST BE ON THEIR WAY DOWNSTARS
NO WAIT A MINUTE, THERE'S THE HALL LIGHT AGAIN, "AND THE BEDROOM LIGHT.
FRED'S PROBABLY GONE
· BACK TOR A HANDKERCHIEF
(Copyright. 1930, by The Bell Syzdićate, Inc.)
TRAINS OF EIGHTY YEARS AGO.
me over with a feather, see. And NOT MUCH SPEED IMPROVE-
now they have got me down in court
mixed up in all this hooey.
"Lord knows I didn't wanta do
it. I got feelings, see. But
MENT IN 1931.
t 1 is interesting says the Sunday
SHOT WIDOW SPEAKS.
RIDDLE OF WINTER. SPORTS HOTEL.
Mrs. Simons Boultor, widow of a
former director of the Savor Botel,
and with that Miss Bow tossed themes to recall the speed of trains famous flaming hair out of her eyes with an angry little gesture during the last eighty years in view London, burst into tears while being
"Gosh, I'm tired," she resum-
of the contention of the Royal Com-questioned by the examining magis ed. "Gimme a cigarette, some hody. This court boloney makes mission on Transport that there trate in connection with the tragedy sne sick. I didn't wants, do it has been practically no improve at the Carlton Hotel, St. Moritz, siu up there and tell a lot of stuftment in locomotive speed in this when the Swiss author, Cuno Hofer,
country, during the period.
on Daisy. I felt like hell, honest I did, but what's a girl gonna do, let a little blonde get away with it Not me, ace.
Whew, that cigarette tastes gond. I would like to have died. down there in court, bearing all that legal stuff.
A "Swell Eid.!! ||
"Now Dainy was a swell kid, and
I thought we were pals until this happened, Well, as I said, you could have knocked me fat with a
feather.
"Of course, I feel bad telling on her and her sitting there. all pathetic and looking at me as if 'to'
SAYS ALL SET THIS TIME. THEY'RE REALLY ON THEIR WAY. HA, THERE'S
THE DOORBELL
12-6
THE SPIRITUAL CLINIC.
MANY SUCCESSES AT WHITEFIELDS.
Over a year ago #
Spiritual
Clinic" was established at White- fields, Tottenham Court-road, as a adjunct to the pastoral work of this Church, arid since its institu- tion more than 100 persons-men and women, young and old-have was found shot deal and Mrs. visited it for advice-Do were not In 1848 the Great Western Rail-Boulter received a shoulder wound.attached to any church. The super- intendent, the Rev. A. D. Belden, way rag's train from Paddington- She is still in the hospital at to Didcot, a distance of fifty-three Samaden, and the bullet has not placed outside the church the fol- tiles, in 473 minutes, an average yet been extracted from her shoul-lowing notice: "Do not give way speed of 67 miles an hour The der. When the magistrate visited to drink, drugs, or despair. Come
fnatest booked train rùn on any British nailway to day has an average speed of 68 miles an hour. Incidentally this is also the fasteat train in the world."
her, she stated that she was of Italian origin, but that her family
emigrated to England, where she
was born 32 years agd.
She sobbed bitterly as she re- Possibly the highest speed ever counted how her husband died two attained by a British train was years ago. Mrs. Boulter said she in 1904, when the Southern and became acquainted with M. Hofer Great Western Railways were com. Fat St. Moritz about a year ago. She
and see us."
The Rev. B. S. Circh, writing in
THE SILVER SCREEN.
QUEEN'S THEATRE,
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Camera roller coaster, onabled The Edgar MacGregor and Nick Grinde film· to obtain unusual football netion takies for Good News," Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer's screen adapus- tion of the big musical comedy hit, which will open on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre,
After rehearsing the plays of tho game with members of the Univer sity of Southern California foote Lall squads, the directors followed the action with carpenters and built a board railway, from which cameras and microphones kopt every play in close focus,
The plank enniern route included sharp curves, rises and falls, which afforded youngsters in the neigh- bourhood much joy when the film company departed, the roller-const- er furnishing unlimited potentiali ties to the juvenile min da.
Bossie Lavo has the leading role in the collegiate musical-movie, and the supporting cast includes Mary Lawlor, Stanley, Smith, Ol Edwards, Gus Shy, Frank Me Glynn, Dorothy McNulty, Billy Taft, Tom Jackson and Dolmar Daves,
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Fatreu Macdonald
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The best thing that ene, out of the conference of representatives of the Football Associations of Eng land, Wales, Scotland, and Ire- Jand, and the Football League--- who, however, appear to have had little more than a watching brief- was the recommendation that in fature policy of insurance under the Workmen's Compensation Act be effected upon each player in international games, and that the club with whom such playere are registered shall be insured in respect of total disablement in an amount not less than £2,000. There may be some discussion upon the
shall
of importance is that the principle is correct.
the Congregational Quarterly, for figure agreed upon, but the point January, states that a percentage. of those attending the clinic have been victims of the drink habit. Men of good position and educa tion, occupying good jobs and possessing good homes, but tortured
Dangercus Occupation. Whenever a Socor player badly hurt-as, for example, in the case Marsden in Germany -- most of the letters that were writ- ten to the Presa were connected come asking if there is any way with his question of insurance.
out.
Bay. Clara, how could you. Sure I feel bad. Honest, I feel norta sick at the stomach and get all peling for the traffic of trans-At had been attracted by the charm by appetites they cannot deny, and nervous, and the first thing you antic passengers and mails. On of his writings and conversation, which they cannot understand, have know; I'm bawling like a dumb that occasion the Trans-Atlantic and they became friends.
After- baby.
Gosh, I don't like to see any-Mail express from Plymouth towards they kept up a regular corre- body in a jam, but could I stand London' covered 118 miles from spondence, by like a fish and let. Her make a Bristol to Paddington in 99 min... sap outta me, I ask you?"
At this point the little star's 40 sec., an average speed of 71.3 voluptuous and heavily rouged lips miles per hour. quivered with emotion, and who Buddenly broke down, crying like a baby.
When I tried to comfort her, sho shrugged her aboulders and, with a APPEARANCES toss of her red head, said
WHATEVER
ASSEMBLY ONE ENTERS, THE PHIL- SONALITY OF A SMARTLY DRESS D MAN IS FELT AND RESPECTED.
TO BE WELL DRESSED IS A SOCIAL " DUTY, AND THUS. IS EASILY CARRIED
OUT AT
BROWN'S
7. Daidell Barrot, 2nd floor Opp. Gospel Bally Tel. 21058.
..
Tilty Tears Ago.
Wo have to go back forty years for other remarkable récords. In 1880. there, was a race between the
"Her Olaims.!!
When they met at St. Moritz this year Hofer wished to break off the association, hut, she considered that she had certain claims on his affec- tion.
"That we have been able to help some of them," saya Mr. Birch, is due to the fact that by the psycholo glend method the real reason why they drink has been made clear to them."!
Another very prominent feature of the work, states Mr. Birch, is among our young folks who are
She pointed out that she had not "Dami it, I know I'm a sap,
two chief computing groups of gone to his hotel, but that he had Just can't stop feeling a bad railways from London to Scotland. come to hers. Mrs. Boulter had fighting a battle in their sex life.
b-b-b-bad about her, like one would turn off In the brief space of two and a little to say on the events immed
&w-water F-plug when they were finished with it. A girl's got her feelings."
half months the scheduled time from Easton to Edinburgh was ro. duced from ton to right houre, and the best scheduled time by the East Const route from nino to seven hours and three quarters
There was another race in 1895 between London and Aberdeen. A specially light train of three vehicles covered 141 miles between Crewe and Carlisle in 128 minutes.
"The loss of footpaths in Eng. lish country districts owing to rond improvements. is a matter that is causing concern to walkers all over the country. The Pedestrians' As sovintion, which is doing its best to keep the local authorities alive to the need for providing room to walk in safety, has received com plaints from ramblers in many The time occupied in the journey -parts of the country that road im
provements are causing the obliterato Aberdeen was 3 hours 18 minuter. tion of grass vergas and footpaths less than the beat previously ache- The association recently took the duled time. The distance of 540 matter up with the Norfolk County || miles was covered in 512 minutca, Council; in whoso, aren Iootpaths an average speed of 63 milos. an have been lost in, this way, and re- hour." That included throw atope. ocived in reply their interesting Cross-Country Trains. - explanation, that this destruction of
The experiment has apparently intely connected with the tragedy justified its institution, nad con Finally the broke down completely, sinced those in charge of the and the magistrate loft.
spiritual clinic that a real neces When she leaves hospital, Mra.sily exista of such attempts to help Boulter will be removed to Coire, those who are on the verge of des when she will appear before the pair. Cantonal Tribunal.
M Hoter, who was 44, married a Bungarian counters, and had two
sona.
There is a widespread opinion in this country that club, generally do not do enough for men who may be put out of the game at any moment, but whether this is a fair assumption is more than I can say. What can be admitted is that the football of to-day could with right. be classed as a dangerous pecupation. A player does not ned to be tackled to ruin his care-
er. A slip on a frost-bound ground of a twist on a stretch of turf theat is not much better than a ploughed field can so damage him that he is faced with the prospect of never playing again,
Necesity of Protection. The marvel is that there are so few crippling injuries Men of In view of the fact that the aims extreme cleverness and agility such of the proposed expedition may Alec James, of the Arsonal, have affect our national defences, care perforted methods of avoiding out ful consideration of the applica-stretched legs even when they are EXPEDITION BY FRENCH, tion is being made by the Govern dribbling the ball, but there are neut authorities, before any poem, dozens, if not hundred, who can ports will be issued to the explor never hope to reach the present standard of the little Soot. It has tong been my feeling that a foot buller has as much right to be pro. touted as a window cleaner or a man who discharges cargo on a dock,
SURVEYING FOR CREATING
MOTOR HIGHWAY,
eri.
The proposed expedition, it is Nanking, Feb. 7-Application reported, is to be a hago organiza. has been filed with the Ministrytion, being composed of several
grass edges is sometimes necessary Long-distance expresses in Bri in order to carry out the require tain still maintain the fastest speed of Foreign Affaire by M. Wildes, hundred members. While a part
of It is the French Minister to China, on of its plans is to conduct neivatife and this conference, which was call- of the piedestrians is that these of day trains in the word that the babait of an expedition, organized official rules should not be allowed usualy slow and irksome. A high
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investigations, it is said that ad principally to deal with inter to work to the disadvantage of the oficial of one of the railways staty scientific circles in France, for project for the opening of a motor national matches, has justified, it rambler, and that the local authori-
ed that, so far as the cross-country the purpose of exploring the south highway from. Annum to Sinkiang, self by drawing attention to a ties who are reconstructing suntex Bosne terents neede
time zhongchingmapakningplankainen passing thranghith, provision we wetter that for ten ong Janey and roads should be required brought the ersticker-the coyal Sikong, Tibet, Szechuan and Sin, Yuuuan, Szechuan and Sikong, so
inburg allowed to wvokatber if they are compelled to takó in the Commission might be justified.
self. Most clubs, it may be “£8. whole of the existing width : for
as to facilitate the development of sumed, do take care of their play wheeled traffic, to provide alter: There are, however, many kinng. The party is to carry arms
rich mineral resourers, but in the international gamey native walking space either by ar points to be considered," he ex and ammunition for self-protecthe country a ranging for footpath room along plained, sad we have to discover tion and radio sets to facilitate ces, is also contemplated, and those who appean are seemingly rather as the mercy of the fates. the hedges or widening the whole whether there is a commercial do
number of survey experts, will be One hopes this insurance, clause road so as to allow af new footpaths inand for faster trains on these communication.
will go through, quickly," journeys."
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