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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Solution to Previous Contract Problem
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1934.
CINEMA SCREENINGS WHEN NEARLY FRANTIC
NOTES SUPPLIED BY
With Anxiety About Her Baby This Lady Tried BABY'S OWN TABLETH With Astonishing Remulis.
as little ones like them, so there is one of that chicuity so olton ex- arienced in the administration. of medicine to children.
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THE THEATRES Interesting sidelights on young lov, and its various deceptive phases ar
The reason for the enormous depleted by Vina Demar in bor now
popularity of Baby's Own Tablela is story, "Chance at Heaven", an RKO
Jue to the fact that their curative, Radio Picture coming to the King.
Joa.th-restoring efficacy so quickly Theatre on Sunday next, featuring
ecomes evident, often oven from fool McCrea, Marian Nixin and Ginhe very first dose. Furthermore, In to-day's hand, if South had ger Rogers in the principal roles. bid for a small slam, at no trump, itCron is seen in love with two lovey sweat and West naturally would cash his girls Ginger who is доо and king of diamonds and lemure in her country setting, and
Mrs. D. Bavenwhito, of Arndale, thus defeat the contract. But Marian who is dashing and glamorous
Nova Scotia, In a lettor of thanke, when the hand was played by with her big city sophistication.llow
baby had stomach Mrs. A. C. Hoffmoler of Cleveland, Marian sweeps him off his feet with anys:"My
I was nearly icantle nowly elected president of the the charm and beauty which confront rounie, and
ntil my neighbour next door gave Own Tablets. women's auxiliary of the Ameri-him as from another world, and the
Baby's resulting developments which-dens ean Bridge League, West opened Ginger her chance at hoaven, ultimate
Anoy made baby quite well," a small diamond against her and, ly provide an idea! ellmax to th The experience of thousands of availing herself of a favourable trio's Intriguing romantic adventures.arents is that Baby's Own' Tablets "Big Excentivo"
aro invaluable for toothing troubles, opening, she made soven odd in the following manner.
In the Paramount pleture Blaapaat stomach, colle, simple fever, Executive." Ricardo Corteswho, along The Play West's opening lead of the four with Elizabeth Young, and Richart of diamonds was won by Mrs. Bennett, has one of the leading rolos Hoffmeier in her own hand with goes back to where he started. Back to pre-depression broker. when the ten of diamonds. She ran off brokers were brokers, and not broke seven club tricks in dummy. What For his zele in the picture, coming te East discarded la immatorini.
the Queen's Theatre to-morrow, is From her own hand she did stuff to Cortez. He was on Wall carded a small, heart and all her Street in the brokerage business long **
before he became known on the motion pleture screen., in charactorization in Big Executive" its the veil of yesterday on a time early in his career when he was living a deal life el broker and actor. In "Bib Executive," Cortez plays a boy wizard of the money-cos, until he beautiful great-granddaughter of his mightiest money-onenty. The picture was directed by Erie Kenton from an original story by Alice Duer Miller. "Hoopla
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dinmouds. West followed with one club and then discarded the deuce of hearts, tha sex of apades, and three diamonds. On the seventh club, West felt the pinch, but Anally let go the nine of spades,
Mrs. Hoffmeler then led a small apade from dummy and won with the ace in her own hand, on which West's queen dropped. This, of course, set up dummy's ten, on which Mrs. Hoffmeior could dis- card her losing nine.of hearts.
moots the
A strange little girl is Ciara Dow, the Red Head of the film eclony. As she prepares to go into production on a picture, she is like a champion train. Eng for a fight nervous, temporament- al, and suspicicus. This was ovid- need only recently when Clara, al set for the opening sequence in AF Rockett's "Hoopla", disappeared for week, But, once in the studio, and filmed, with the opening sequence Clara is a new perata. She arrives on time, keeps all her appointments, has interviews, alts for portraits and,
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onorally, is a "pal", "Hoopla" is the current attraction at the King's "Counsellor at Law".
Theatre.
If West had discarded a heart, Mrs. Hoffmeier would have won three heart tricks, while, if thend to King Vidor, the director. Home ace of diamonds had been dis- carded, dummy's jack would have been good.
If West had opened the queen of hearts, instead of a small dia- mond, Mrs. Hoffmeier could have made a small lam by the same squeeze.
Today's Contract Problem
South plays this kand at aix no trump. West opens the --jack- of---clubs,--which-South wlas. South lenda the klog of diamonds and West maker the mistake of taking it with his aco. He colurns a club, Now can you see how declarer must play to make bin six cò trump contract?
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ROBBERY WARNING.
CHIEF JUSTICE OUT TO TEACH LESSON
John Barrymore, star of "Counsel- lor at Law, showing to-day at the! Alhambra Theatre, is probably the home-livingest man in Hollywood. To prove this, it is pointed out that he has three homes on ene single piece of property. If one wants to get technical, there are seven houses on nld site, including a bird house and dog house. Home No. 1 once belong; No. 2 came into being on the Vidor tennis court. Three acres were pur- chased by Barryincre recently and home No. 3 is now in axlatenco. Barrymore and his wife live in one. The two children, Dolores Ethel Mac Barrymore, and John Blyth Barry. mere, Jr., live in another. Practical ly anyone who happens into the Italian movie set is apt to be in the third. "Dinner at Eight" It is safe to say that no one wit- nessing the
version of phot:play "Dinner at Eight." which is showing at the Queen's Theatre, will come away without a feeling of having been
spectator to one of the most Invigorating and campelling motion pictures to evolve from the Holly. wood studios. It is often the aim of film entertainment to ecmbine tears and laughs with gripping, drama, but it is seldom that a motion picture has successfully achieved this nlm as has the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer screen version of the celebrated George S | Kaufman-Edna Feriver store lay
Obyltusly a photoplay boasting so tering an array of stars is some. thing qut of the ordinary and "Dinner Eight is out of the ordinary in every way. The acaxitive direction of Gorrice Cukor. the faithful adaptation of Frances Marion and Ierman J. Markiewicz, the brillant c'mern work of Wiliom Daniels and the various details of settings and.costuming are something to set a precedent for future films.
Chinese who pleaded guilty to robbery by two or more.
Prisoners wore Wong Ngau, alias Wong To: Wong Tain, alias Wong Romarking that he hoped to Kuu; Wong Li-fuk alias Wong Chu- suppress robbery, "especially in wan; all coolles, and they were such cases as this where the charged with others unknown; robbers come prepared to use with robbing Lau-Chi-kong, alias violence," the Chief Justice, Mr. Li Chiu-ko, of a fountain pen, and A. D. A. MacGregor, impnsed So Ko-hin of a watch, at 67, Lock sentences of three years hardhart Road, on January 21. labour at the Criminal Sessiona The mori were stated to have yesterday on each of three no previous criminal records.
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■SUDDENLY BEGINS TO CLICK !! HURLING PASSES RECKLESSLY, KNIFING THROUGH TACKLES, AND SWINGING ENDS FOR GOOD!" GAINS, THE BOYS MOVE DOWN TO -PRINGLE'S ROVOLNEV
EXIT
WE WANT A.
TOUCH DOWN!
WITH SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY, AND A CHANCE TO TIE THE SCORE VIITI
A TOUCHDOWN, AND WIN WITH A POINT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, CRASH SURPRISES EVERYBODY BY ATTEMPTING Á DROP KICK. IT'S GOOD...
BUT IT LEAVES SHADYSIDE TRAILING BY
THREE POINTS'#{
THERE GOES
THE GUN'
SHADYSIDE LOSES/.
IT'S A DIRTY SHAME WE HADDA LOSE THAT GAME
GEE WHIZ, CRASH.... WHY DIDH TCHA LET SOMEBODY CARRY THE BALL ON THAT LAST PLAY? IT WAS OUR ONLY CHANCE
・TO WIN/
FINAL SCORE: PRINGLE 13 SHADYSIDE 10,
SS