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TO-MORROW.. NIGHTS VIOLIN RECITAL
Splendid Programme To Be Rendered
"Mr. Sitson" "Ma," the Chinese
"musician, whose mccessful per- formances in chamber music given
SOCIAL
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Delightful Pianoforte Recital
The pupils of Mr. Harry Ore
recently have been treatly apprerendered a pianoforte recital in clated here, is giving a violin re-
ROYAL VISIT TO U.S.A,
“I HAVE MADE THIRTEEN
THOUSAND ENEMIES"
cital to-morrow night at 9.30 p.m. St. John's Cathedral Hall, yester SAYS AMERICAN WIFE OF BRITISH
at the Peninsula Hotel, ".
This will be the Arst time music-lovers will have the oppor- tunity of hearing this talented violinist play.. solo since his last recital in this Colony in August, 1935. when he received the most well merited comments.
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day afternoon,
The audience composed of parents, friends of the students and muste enthusiasts in the Colony numbered over one dred,
hun-
The work of Beethoven, Schu- bert, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt and other composers were interpreted While attached as professor of through the aimble fingers of the music, to the National Central accomplished students.
the
at
AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON
NEW YORK-Lady Lindsay, the American-born wife of the British Ambassador to Washington, who has been accused of snobbery by American newspaper reporters, showed them on May 17 how to curtsey to the King and Queen,
She explained at a Press con-1
that Brahms' ference
Americans
may University at Nanking and later to "Cradle Song Kreisler's "Caprice curtsey or not, as they wish, but Sun Yat-Sen University Viennois" by Hung Kwan-yn and that it was expected most of those Canton, Mr. Μα devot-Shuk Siu-yu respectively were attending the royal garden party ed himself to the revival of beautifully rendered and received at the Embassy would do so. muste in China; he has already warm applause.
She then gave a graceful de- completed a number of compost- The following students," Annette monstration, showing the correct tions which, being of "Oriental Chan, Amy Wang, David King. Fe way of doing it. She said there strain, are specially popular among Grefalda. Gee Yun-kwong, Rosabel had been an erroneous report that Chinese audiences, this being con-Hsu, Marie King. Anna Lin, Bithe right foot should be drawn be-
de- fhind the left." sidered the best means of promot-Kul-ma, Anny Mal Rave a
music lightful interpretation of their res- ing the appreciation of among his fellow-countrymen, pective" studie and numbers.
To-morrow night he is playing a must interesting programme, which includes his. Sonata No. 2 in Its first public hearing here, while the other big offering is Glazou- now Concerto, Op.82. The rest of. the programme is made up of several concert pleces of lighter form and two pieces on themes from Chinese folk songs by the violinist himself.
Lovers of music should avall themselves, of this opportunity, as this is probably the only recital to be given in the current season; it is "learnt that Mr. Ma will soon
leave for Yunnan to take up his professorship.
The programme for to-morrow! night is as follows.
1. Sonata No. 2 in F Minor-Sitson
Ma:
2. Concerto, Op.82-GlazquNow:
3. Havanaise-Saint-Saens;
4. Ave Maria-Schubert-Wilhelmi;
5. Zapateado-Sarasate:
"The correct way is the reverse." she said, and then gave a calm and dignified reply to her critics.
LACK OF CROWNS "Sir Ronald and I invited thir- teen hundred people to the garden party in honour of the King and Queen," she said, "but I'm afraid I've made thirteen thousand enemies because we couldn't invite that many."
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Even worse than the limitations on her guest list, she added, was
8. Two pieces on themes from Ch the fact that only thirty-four or
nese folk songs!
(1) Canzonetta;-
(2) Rando-Sitson
Ma.
At
piano: Prof. Harry Ore.
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thirty-six people would receive the gold-crowned invitations to the
the dinner given for the royal visitors. The guests, headed by the Pre- sident and Mrs. Roosevelt, will be entirely official.
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At Thursday's meeting of the Hongkong Y's Men's Club, Messrs. Charles Johnson and George
Cadagan" will speak on "A Jungle Journey"—an account of an ad... venturous trek through Slam and Burma.
TUESDAY'S MENU
BREAKFAST
Stewed Apricots Cereal Buckwheat Cakes
Bacon Coffee
LUNCHEON
French Onion Soup
Shrimp Salad Frankfurters & caurkrout Creamed Spinach Baked Egg Plant Corn Bread Apple Pie & Cheese Tea
DINNER
kolled Salmon Stuffed Tomato Salad. Round Steak
Mashed Potatoes Creamed Mushrooms Buttered Turnips Custard Chocolate Cake Cotice
NEWSETTES
The Chief Justice, Bir Atholl HE the Governor will be repre- MacGregor, will leave on Wednes-sented by his principal A.D.C. at day for Shanghai, where he will the reception given by Mr. Eu sit in an appeal case. He will be away for about a fortnight.
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Tong-sen, OB.E., JP., and Mrs. Eu
at "Euston." Bonbin Road, to-day at 5 p.m., on the occasion of the Capt. D. N. C. Tufnell, British marriages of their sons, Mr. Eu Naval Attache in Tokyo, arrived Keng-loon to Miss Nancy Han, and in Shanghai in the s.. President Mr. W. K. Y. Eu to Miss May Shum. Coolidge
The Central authorities are to
The Portuguese Residents' Asso- take drastic measures to ban in- cfation of Shanghai held a recep-ferior Chinese alms produced" in tion in honour of HE the Minister for Portugal and Senhora Lebre e Lima at the Clube Lusitano last week.
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Hongkong, in an effort to do away with all the disagreeable Chinese pictures which tend to lead people: towards superstition and feudal- ism saya International News Agency.
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Emperor Bac Dal of Annam de- parted for France on Saturday. According to "L'Intransigeant", be The American Association "wil will travel by air in an Air France be host to Americans in Shanghai liner, while the Empress and their on June 3 from 6.30 to 730 at the children. will leave by steamer. Columbia Country Club, when the Association will hold a farewell
this
Most of the Chinese schools" in reception in honour of Admiral H. Kunming, capital of Yunnan, have E Yarnell and Mrs Yarnell. It is now been evacuated to villages, as anticipated that the entire Ameri- a precaution against Japanese air can community will attend Iraids.
the Most of
primary function to pay its respects and {schools," however, are still located bid farewell to Admiral Yarnell in Kunming, but classes are being and Mrs. Yarnell who are shortly held' daily from 4 p.m. Instead of to leave Shanghai for the United
States. In the morning.
There has been a veritable gold Ending a long legal battle con- rush to the Cameron Highlands, cerning an infringement of regis Perak, EMA, following rumours of tered trademarks panishable by the discovery of a rich gold vein. the Trade Mark Law, the General Many Chinese prospectors have Milk Co., Ins. Carnation Company hurried to the spot where the sup-represented by Messrs. H., D. posed vein has been located, and Hodger and C. C. Kung, has been a number of them have started given a favourable judgment, bý the Administrative Courtin boring operations.
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NOT ALLOWED
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American Sailors And French Law
PARIS, May 29 (T/Ocean)... When it became known sa Saturday that the Baited States cruiser Omaha, after having been stationed in the French port of. Viile Franche sur Mer for the last twelve months, had been ordered to return home, twenty bluejack- ets of the cruiser tried to ret married to their French brides at the registry office in Ville" Franche..
Owing to the fact that these American sailors have not yet been residents on French soli for |thirteen months, required by the French authorities as aprel- miriary condition to the marriage American- performance, twenty French couples will remain unmar-| rled, unless the French Home Minister grants an exception.
A statement that there would be at least 25,000 European Jewa ́in Shanghai by end of this year and us 30,000 was probably as many
made by Sir Victor Sassoon in a recent appeal for relief funds. Sir Victor revealed that remittances of £1,000 each had been coming every month from London. New York and Cairo; but this was far below the amount needed.
The Chief Officer of the Shang- hät Municipal Fire Brigade in his report for April states that 114 calls. were received during the month, with property damage to the Settlement" amounting to $61,306 and in the Special rated area to $43,995. Fourteen elvillan lives were lost and 45 injured and seven Aremen injured at fires. The emergency ambulance service made 700 calls during the month" and conveyed 744 patients to various hospital.
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