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TO-DAY.
(March 12.)
Chinese National Holiday (An Fniversary of the death of Dr., Sun
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Customs Holiday,"
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ROYAL "ROMANCE" OF LONG AGO
ENGLISH KING AND STAGE FAVOURITE.
ASTONISHING CAREER OF DOROTHY
* JORDAN.
Lammert's Sale of "Rosella " Grocines, Sales Roma, 10.30 a.m.
At Arst sight the story of Mra, Rugby Football: Seven-A-Side
Jordan and the Duke of Clarence, Tournament. Club ground, 3 p.m.
afterwards William IV., soome un Cricket:-First Div.: Kowloon worthy to bear close examination Indians (L.); University v. Craigen writes Collinson Divon, in the gower (L); Second Division: In-Sunday Dispatch. Hern, was a fa diana. R.AS.C. (L.); R.E. & 3. mous actress who, had a child by
.. Police (F.)...
one man, four (if not five) by an other, and ten by a royal duke, all borne out of wedlock."
Football:-First Div.: Kowloon Borderers: Police v. Club; St. Joseph's . Navy,
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three years at Leeds, Sheffield, and alsowhers, but mostly at York, Mrs. Jordan's reputation steadily grow. Then came the moment when she was able to get a start at Drury Laas. Such a translation meant exactly what it would mean to wa ambitious, young actress today; perhaps even more. » »
GOLD MEDAL STRUCK FOR HER.
"Really the reader might feel King's Theatre: The Yellow like saying, this matter need not Ticket."
be pursued any further, " Yet the She made her debut there in Oc more we look into the strange case tober 1755. Her mother, sister, and Central Theatre: The Age for of Dorothy Jordan the more we find the Daly infant accompanied her Love."
that in her astonishing career the to London. And soon" - she more sinned against than sinning, was to use an honoured phrase-storming not only Drury Lane but the great Mr. Siddons, who had persuaded her own generation that only tragedy mattered.
Queen's Theatre: "Son of India." Star Theatre "Up For the Cup" World Theatre: The Mysterious Person in Black" (Chiness: film);
Concert at Catholic Club, 3.30
p.m.
PLUNGED INTO TRAGEDY
ᎪᎢ 20 ' .
Wan
Into Mrs. Siddons dignified world pushed this gay comedienne, first child was one Richard Daly, spirita were soon to persuade the To begin with, the father of her whose infectious laughter and high
lcance of the Smock Alley Theatre, town that Thalia (as she was often Ten Dances at King's Restaurant Dublin, and a notorious sooundrri called), the Muss of Comedy, was It was his custom to embarras as much to be admired as Melpo and Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner actresses, by debts or otherwise, in mene, the Muse of Tragedy. The Dances at Hong Kong Hotel,, Penin-forder to get them in his power. It situation became a running combat sula Hotel and King's Restaurant in of melodrama. Daly was that, Jordan,
is the phrase of the old-time vil-between Mrs. Siddons and Mrs. European Mail :-O u tw's z d; and more. Europe via Suez (Carthage) 10:30
Dorothy's 'Arst 24 a week became
At the age of 20, Dorothy J8 in a few days, and then £12. am.; Brindisi (Conte Rosso) & p.m.dza, a helpless victim of this man, In less than a year she was play- was plunged into the most tragicing in Edinburgh and Glasgow ne situation in which a girl can find
"star" of Londen reputation. herself.
Glasgow struck a special gold medal for her..
SUNDAY.
(March 13.)
It was for this reason, that, with her mother, sister, and brother, sho fled from Dublin to England in Fifth Sunday in Lent.
1782. Fate dropped this castaway Confirmation Service at St. AD-family, almost without rasources, in
Leeds. drew's Church, Kowloon, é p.m.
Bishop Victoria pays farewell visit to St. Andrew's Church, Kow
loon.
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She took the name of Jordan at about this time. To a friend the had said, "I have wept enough to make Jordua overflow." The friend decided that here was a good stage Racing: Spring Race" Meoting at label for her, and from this incident Macao, 1.30 p.m.
came a name which was to mean as much for comedy ns Biddons did for tragedy..
Hunting: Fanling Hunt Hounds Meet (Potts Bungalow) 3.15 p.m.
Queen's Theatre: "Half Shot.at Sunrise."
Central Theatre:
So that despite a disastrous start, all seemed well. It was at about this time, in 1780, that Mr. Richard. Ford entered the scene.
Barrister, something of a man- about-town and son of a wealthy Court physician who practically soon per- owned Drury, Lane, ho sunded Dorothy that he Whe acquaintance well worth having. Pleading family reasons for not marrying her then, he definitely promisid marriage later,
an
Ford may be best described as a The family name was Bland, and poor fish, although he became one Dorothy's forbears were quite "good of London's first police magistrates, people, the father being son of aand was later knighted. Dorothy's wealthy Dublin family, and the search for a settled life was in vain. The Age for son. Both father and mother had ron, Ford would not bestow his mother a daughter of a Welsh par Despite their four (or five) child-
become stage-struck. Unfortunate hand on her. She was a famous The Tollow, Bland neglected to marry Do actress, awaited at the stage door rothy's mother, an unhappy be by crowds as she stepped into her ginning which affected Mrs. Jon coach. But she could not achieve World Theatre: Three Heroes" dan througholit her life. Her own the modest status of a married
constant desire was for family re woman. (Chinese film).
gularity; she was fated never to achieve it.
Love."
King's Theatre: Ticket."
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Star Theatre: "Min and Bill" Ten' Dances at King's Restaurant and Repulse Bay Hotel...
were much more flourishing than Provincial theatres in those days I most of us perhaps realise. During
At last, when a royal duka came courting her, Mr. Ford was hidden
refrained. to make his mind up. As usual he
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