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Another Currency Petition.
[To The Editor of Hongkong
Telegraph.]
Sir-Although I entirely agree with "Whoopee" In his letter contemporary, I differ on one only
point: the rate Stabilisation. of
RM Hia bitions are far too moderate.
CINEMA NOTES.
המקום
U.S. BASEBALL.
FULL LIST OF GAMES IN THE LEAGUES,
CRAMPING HEROINE'S STYLE.
That the styles imposed women fifty years ago were distinctly eramping to the work of heroines in the contention of Kay Johnson, who plays Claire, the "live interest" in King Vidor's new Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer pieture, "Billy the Kid," which will open to-morrow at the Queen's
Philadelphin. Theatre for 4 days.
Boston "For example", stated Miss Jelin- Cincinatti
New York, Apr. 24. The baseball season April 14, and the following matches atarted on have been played up to date:
Tuesday, Apr. 14.
National League.
& Now York
7 Brooklyn
3 St. Loute
American
d Buston
League.
& Chicago
2 Philadelphi
7 Detroit
After all, considering the fact force Claire, the fashions of 1980 Chicago
me to
a desert come into that our exchange touched at one country wearing heavy woollen and time as high as 64,/3d, (which was knitted costumes with long sleeves Cleveland the right time to stabilise). I am high necks. Further, Claire hnd Washington
St. Louis think G. could be a fair rate of to do all her riding side-saddle.
New York stabilisation.
Wednesday, Apr. 15. "Whooper's"
petition could be
National League. therefore, amended as follows:
"Gentlemen,-Wo the below
Philadelphia Boston Chicago
"Can't you imagine how that would cramp a high-spirited girl, anxious to take more part in the stirring events of the eattlemen's war which centred mentioned Individuals represent-in Lincoln, New Mexico? ing all those who would like to be amply rewarded for their work ju the Colony, and to receive some- thing for hardly
anything, and make somehody but themselves pay for it, are of
strong opinion that the dollar should be stabilised at 58, at least, for the following reasons
"In portraying Claire, I tried to Cincinatti
the
6 Boston
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May 4.
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American League.
keep in mind this sense of frustration which she must have had. Claire was, no different mentally than the girls New York of to-diny. She wanted to pitch in Washington and help the men in whom she was St. Louis interested, but sile-saddle in a hard- Cleveland riding western country is an awful Thursday, Apr. 16. disadvantage!
National League.
@ Chicago
4 New York
hal (San Francisco 3rd Apr.). Fres. Harrison USA., Honolula, Jopan and Siang-
ha (San Francisco 10th Apr.). Pres. Cleveland Australia and Manila
14
For
↑ Brooklyn
3 St. Louis
4
Manila
3 Pittsburg
League.
American
"I William Bouncy had lived to-day Philadelphin (a) Every dollar we shall undoubtedly Claire would have dashed Boston save will be exchanged at five away at his side, attired in comfor-Cincinatti times its metallic value;
table breeches, roomy silk shirt and a Chiengo
Claire of (b) 5s being luckily the quar880, however, had to undergo a New York
big, sun-shading sombrera. ter of a pound, all calculations terrific series of hardships attired in for converting dollars into sterl clothes which hampered her every Washington ing, and vice versa, are made quite movement. Being a heroine in 1880 easy for all the clerks in the
дя attended with deelded *lis- Colony;
advantages."
"(c) 5. are also equal to 60 pence, just
sixth part in degrees to the picture adaptation of the We of
Vidor" "Billy the Kid" in a talkóng
William Bonney, the debonair twenty- one-year-old desperado who became one of the most dangerous men in the went.
Cleveland
2 Boston
Tazda
Per
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4
7 Chiengo
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6 Detroit
Saigon
Amoy
St. Louin
Friday, Apr. 17.
National League. Cincinatti, St. Louis, not played, wet,
5 Pittsburg Chicago
No American Lengue games played. Saturday, Apr. 18.
Boston
Cincing!
National League.
8 Brooklyn
6 Pittsburg
St. Louin
1 New York
American League,
of the circumference. Many advantages can be derived from this simple relation;
**(d)All retail prices in Hong- kang will be fixed once for all and "Whoopec" One of Year's Best Film we shall not hear anymore of: 'I
at "Whoopee" w must put up my prices (exchange
the Queen's Chicago guing lower) because I have to Theatre, has all the splendor that Philadelphia replenish my stocks at a low rate would be anticipated from the news. of exchange, or I cannot put down that Samuel Goldwyn and Florenz Cleveland
were working together to Washington Ziegfeld my prices (exchange guing higher)
produce a ̧ musical-comedy-spectacle St. Louis because I bought my stocks at a
on the talking colour screen. All the New York low rate of exchange,'
havishness implied in these two names Sunday, Apr. 19. "All retail prices will be im-appears in the gorgeous scenes, the mediately reduced by 4/5 ths.; for beautiful" Kiris, the rib-splitting Brooklyn instance: Architects' fees from comedy from Eddie Cantor and his Boston 5 nd valorem to 16; Daisy numerous assistants the fast pace und Chiengo Butter. Arst quality from $1.50 per the splendid photography which make Cincinatli 1. to $0.28 per b.;
"Whoopee" what it is
The plot of the plcture is an
11 Chicago
2 Philadelphia
7 Detroit
4 Boston
National League.
4 Philadelphia 2 New York
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Sult, made to order, best Scotch tweed, from $80 to 320.; Express adaptation of Owen Davis grand New York "The Nervous Wreck," with its Washington farce. transportation from Hongkong to
Cleveland stary of the imaginary invalid forced Kowloon: from $0.10 to 30.02.;
Cinema Prices, from $1.00 to
to be a he-man in order to get the St. Louis heroine out of trouble ami married to Monday, Apr. 20, $0.20, etc., etc. What a Paradise! the right
National League. Eddie Cantor's man. "(e) And the last but not the portrayal of Henry Williams, the Boston least: It will save 45 much on invalid in question, is a classic of Cincinatti
from the Colony's Budget that it will comedy
011541 of the stage's] Philadelphia probably Ire balanced without greatest. Combined with the beauty Chicago any tax at all, but on the contrary, of huge ensembles of hand-picked from the profits made on slubilisi-giris, Fast unflagging direction by New York tion, a bonus could be distributed Thornton Freeland, and heelth-taking Washington every year among the former tax-photography, the whole picture is the Cleveland
talking sereen at its opulent best. payers.
Among the pulchritudinous features In case of a stabili of the production are Elvaxor Hust, sation at a higher rate, the pro-selected personally by Samuel fits would be so high that a “pen-Geign from the chorus of the stage sion" could be provided to every |["Whoopee" for the leading role of the resident after a fex years' so-picture version, and Dorothy Knapp, famed "most beautiful girl in the journ.”
names,
.
St. Louis, Chicago, not played, rain. Tuesday, Apr. 21.
Hoston
National League,
12 Philadelphin 12 Boston
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5 New York Phitulelphia 7 Brooklyn
3 Amoy Chiengo, St. Louis, not played, wet. Sandakan
American Lengue. I am sure the honourable mem-world" as well as huge numbers of New York burs of the Community of Hong-bunties selected from the best of Washington
St. Louis, Chiengo, unt played, vold. hong will sign the above petition Hollywood and New York. The "In- with both hands; they will be kind vacation to the Sun" sequence Loward Cleveland
Detroit the end of the picture is a memórachte. enough in signing their
Wednesday, Apr. 22. example of what can be done with to mention also
amount they einur the
National League. ard! photography
human wish to convert from Hongkong eauty in natural outdoor settings,
New York 5 I'hiladelphia dollars to sterling within the next
Puttsburg, Chicago, not playasi, rnia, i The singing of Pual Gregogy, Zing.
# Cincinatti five years, so that the necessary | feld's
St. Louis $27,00 Lonur, mrl Chif
Brooklyn arrangements can be made.
Canpolican, the Indian baritone, form another notable feature of the seven "Whoopee". It is picture which Philadelphia satisfies from any angle.
Boston
5 New York Detroll, St. Louis, not played, wet. Chicago
10 Cleveland
2 Thursday, Apr. 21.
WHOOPEE 11.
LADIES' BASKETBALL.
Tom Sawyer" at the King's Anyone who is searching for coin- eilences will and sue in a study of
MÚI FONG TEAM PLAYS CLUB | the enroers of Juckie Coogan and Mitzi
DE RECREIO.
For the first time a Chinese young
ladies' basketball team is to play
"do. against a team from the Club Heerein.
D Boston
American League.
5 Washington
1
7
No National League matches played..
American League.
Groen, America's tending chill aeiors | Chiengo who are playing in "Tom Sawyer" at Detroit the King's Theatre.
The parents of both children are stage folk and the two youngsters did their first theatrical work it the of four, Jackie's father was
2 Cleveland
1 St. Louis —frater'a American 'Service.
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The Recreio team will be, Misyen M. Basto, (Captain), Silva, Remedios, appearing with Annette Kellerman, Xavier, Ribeiro and Silva-Netto; while famous swimmer, on the vaudevilla the Chinese team, from the Fong Mui stage when the boy was four. Coogan Paris. Pong Girly College, will chosen did vecentre dances between Miss Geneva front Misses Lo Yut-ho (Captain), Kellerman's exhibitions. Miss Keller. Berlin. Cha Chen-chien, Yeung Wai-pani, Lum man was impressed with Jackie's back. Oslo.. Heng-yuk. Yu Shuu-ying, Lam Lal-stage impersonations and one evening Helsingfors. wah Chung Mo-iun, lo Sheang-wan, called him on to the stage to do a Buenos Aires
not. He wound M. Chan, Ng Hap-hing. Kay Lo, Lum little
up his Athens Yee-bing, and Leung Tak-wah. Appearance with a "shimmy" dance. Shanghai,
The match will be played this after Charles Chaplin was in the audience New York. noon at the Mai Fong sports ground and insisted that the Congana permit Amsterdam
him to In Babington Path.
use Jackie in a picture. It Stockholm.. became known
The K and Viennn...
Madrid.. Jackie was as overnight sensation.
Mitzi's parents were appearing in Bucharest vaudeville as Jar Keno and Rosic Montevideo fireen when Mital was four. On the Hongkong bill
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as Sadie Burt and Mitzi mimirk-Brussels. ed this actress telling of a story. Miss Copenhagen. Bart was so amused at the child's Milan work that she led Mitzi on to the Prague. stuge one evening for her debut. Lisbon
Ilo Two years later, Keno and Green were on the same bill with Moran and Humbay. Mark at Brighton Beach. N.Y. The Yokohama same week, an actor' benefit was Silver (spot). 18.5/10 given at Freeport, Long Island, and
(forward) 13 It when Mitzi saw some children on the programine, she wanted to do a skit on
the Two Black Crows. With hot pictures under the direction Inther, she worked up an impromptu Christio. net. A vaudeville Scout RW the She received her first "big chance" child and signed her to Los Angeles on the screen as a member of the where she ntered motion pictures. cast of George Loano Tucker's great "Tom Sawyer" which is airame. "The Miracle Man." This re- .croated BYOT- faithful in version of the Bark markable picture Twain classic, Jackie plays the part night three new stars of Almdom- of Tom and Mitzi is seen and heard Miss Compson, Thomas Meighan and
Lon Chaney. as Becky Thatcher,
Ian Keith, leading male role of "The Boudoir "Diplomat." Universal'a sophisticated Continental comedy, "The Boudoir Diplomat," Betty Compson who plays a leading worked in a book store in New York feminino tole in "The Boudoir Diplo, when a young man, and it was here Universal's sophisticated that he began an intensivo study of comedy which will be shown for the the works of Shakespeare, in which last time to-day at the Central | lu later appeared on the stage. Ho Thontre, made her screen debut as has now established a permanent ro- Tending Indy in one-recl comedies, eldance in Hollywood, and la appear- and worked for three years in these I ing exciuntvoly in motion pletures.
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ITALIAN VERMOUTH.
is made with the finest Italian White Wine. It is very wholesome-It is not a Liqueur.
CINZANO
MADE AND BOTTLED IN ITALY
Some ways of using it: PLAIN: It's not. too sweet and not too diy."
IN ALL COCKTAILS, where
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The Perfect Cocktail
“GIN & CIN"
I DRY GIN, CINZANO VERMOUTH,
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