THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1987.
She Will Wear First Bridal Dress
Ever
Spun By English
A NEW INDUSTRY
MAKES GOOD
By LOUISE MORGAN
London, Jan. 1.
THE first piece of bridal satin to be woven in England from threads of silk spun by English silkworms will be worn in this month.
The bride will be Miss Betty Newell, head reeler at the silkworm farm at Lullingstone Castle, Kent, the only one of its kind in Britain.
Yesterday I watched Miss Newell, a pretty brown-haired Surrey girl of 22 as she dipped and drew · among a maze of fine golden thrends, guiding them from the cocoons to the reeling machine. She is the first English girl to master the 5,000-year-old art of cocoon recling.
The salin lies Hearing like muther-of-pearl in an old Tudor chest at the ensile until Christmas Eve, when it will be presented to the Dyke, bride-to-be by Lady last founder of the farm.
"After five years of the hardest kind of work we feel the new Industry is now on ils feel," Ludy Ilurt Dyke we are alt thrilled, told me, "ond from the manager
to the youngest girl apprentice. "Already wr
have
more orders than we can supply for the next ten years.
Iow
1931 Lady Hart Dyke planted a dozen experimental mulberry bushes. To-dny she 1ina 27,000 bushes on 21 acres and the entire west wing of the castle is reserved for breeding the millions of silk-
worms.
EIGHT LARGE FEEDING ROOMS Eight large rooms are filled with
"They are sensitive erentures, and jump like a nervy person if the door Is banged."
WOS
Sir Oliver Hart Dyke, her husband, distinguished engineer who engaged in anti-submarine work during the war, hus Just Anished making a third weling machine for hier. These are simpler and more efficient than machine.
her original Italian
Another English improvement has been the erection of neat straw "lents" over the trays for the wormis to spin their encoons an, instead of the rough branches used on the Con- tinent.
Exhibition of Spurious Wines
Budapest, Dec. 28.
tail wooden frameworks on which A HUNGARIAN scientist, Mr. resi wicker feeding-trays. During the breeding season from May to July Kasimir Pilch, is going to girls carry along arrow gangways open an exhibition in his private baskets of fresh-cut leaves at two- rooms of a collection of fake bour intervals from 4 am. to mid-wines to prove to the public that night.
The worms eat without stopping great deal of wine that is sold for 21 days." sald Lady Hart Dyke, as Chateau Lafitte, Burgundy, or "and make a crackling noise with Tokay has as little to do with their Jaws that can be heard out these brands as whisky with alde, Tve never worked out how much a single worm eats, but we
water. reckon 20 tons of leaves million.
to
How it Wasn't Done
MAGICIANS MYSTIFY THEIR GUESTS
THE ENGLISH ROPE TRICK
"I will show you how it is done." It was with this engaging and oft- repeated remark that members, of the Magle Circle offered to enlighten their audience at the little "show" which followed their annual banquet In London--and then proceeded to mystify the Inymen present, at least, more than
an ever.
He has picked up these strangetj exhibits in various restaurants, bars, and wine shops while travelling of
Silkworms
Thanksgiving Day in America. A giant Father Kalekerbocker" hends the parade through the streets of New York.
HISTORY IN FILMS
NEED NOT BE TOO ACCURATE
home and abroad and has subjected A GROUP of eminent historians and film authorities in London are
them to chemical analysis.
The result showed him that in most cases these liquids contained 80-00 per cent, water, 10-12 per cent, puré alcohol, and the rest various Ingre- dients of sugar and rye.
One of the most interesting bottles, bearing a "Royal Tokay" label, was bought in a night club at Zurich for twice as much as the price of a battle of genuine Tokay wine, including duty and all extras.
Admiral-Farmer
Dies in Kenya
Nairobi, Dec. 28.
holding their final discussions on the falsification of history in films. "This matter ds becoming of vital importance now that films are being used for educational purposes," Mr. Oliver Bell, general manager of the British Film Institute, slys,
The committee, which is sitting under the auspices of the Institute, take the line that it is not desirable to be pedantically correctas detail, he explained.
DRAMATIC LICENCE
E RADIO BROADCAST
Dance Music From Hongkong Hotel
Z.E.K. PROGRAMME
Radio Programme Broadcast by 2.D.W. on a Wavelength of 355 metres (840 k.c's), 31.40 mclrcs (0.52 megacycles),
H.K.T.
12.30 Gilbert and Sullivan Ex-
cerpts,
p.m. Time und Weather. 1.03 Primo
Band,
Scola's
Accordeon
K SHOES
for
Quality
Comfort and
Durability
1.30 Reuter Fress; Weather, Time in
and Announcements.
1.40 Variety and Dance Music.
2.15. Close Down.
5 p.m. A Relay of Dance Music Tan
D
from the Roof-Garden of the Hong-
kong
6.30
Hotel.
p.m. Light Opera and Black and
Musical, Comedy.
"Helen"...Vocal Gems (Herber), Offenbach, arr. Korngold); "Veroni
que" (Messager)The Swing
Song: Trot here and there (Donkey
Duet). Winnie Melville (Soprano) and Derek Oldham (Tenor); "Tom Jones"Selection
(German); Merria England" (German)—Waltz Song; "The Maid of the Mountains" (Fraser- Simson)-Lover will find a way.... Helene Esserman (Soprano),
7 p.m. A Recital by Vladimir Horowitz.
Eva (Planoforte). and Turner (Soprano).
Planoforte Salo-Sonata in B Minor" (Scalatti)—Andante Mossu; "Sonata In A Mújor" (Scarlatt!)- Presto; Soprona Solos--"Aida" (Ver-
dij-O Patria Mia: 11 Trovatore (Verdi)-D'Amor Sull' Ali Rosee; Planoforte Solo-Mazurisa In
Minor, Op. 41, No. 2 (Chopin); Dream Visions, Op. 12, No. 7 (Schumann); Soprano Solo"La Tosca" (Puccini)
Vlasi D'Arte.
7.30 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions and Hongkong Exchange Market Report.
7.35 p.m. The Light Symphony Orchestra.
Dear Isle of Man (Heydn Wood); May Day Overture (Haydn Wood); Queen Mary's Song. (Elgar, arr. Haydn Wood); Like to the Damask Rose (Elgar, arr. Haydn Wood); Shepherd's Song (Elgar, arr. Haydn Wood)
8 p.m. Time. Weather and An nouncements.
8.03 A Relay from the Ko Shing Theatre (Chinese).
11 p.m. Close Down. 8.05-11 p.m. European Program- me from Z. E. K. on a frequency of 640 kilocycles.
8.05 p.m. A Programme Variety.
old
of
Vocal-A Marriage has been ar- ranged; Lancashire Lass....Turner Layton; Plano Duets--Parade of the Tin Soldiers; Nola....Rawlez and Landauer; Vocal-Did I remember.. Gracie Fields; Cinema Organ- Medley of
Home.
Jack Savage Speak Easy....Th Eight Pinno Symphony: Banjo Solo-Keyboard Kapers; Mandoline Solo-Mazur, Marlo De Pietro; Vocal-Da Run- Juno around; My First
For instance, a meeting between Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen neal-Golny" songs....Leslie James;
of Scols, though it never occurred, need not necessarily misrepresent the true spirit of history.
The producer should have some dramatic licence, but the Alberty of the artist did not carry with it the right to define great grey
the past.
The committee will recommend to the producer the employment of an historical expert on the period, who would see the fim through from thie beginning.
EXPERTS ARE OVERRULED
The death has occurred of Vice- admirai Denis B. Crampton, whe
This measure is, however, not_con- turned farmer and planter attersidered sufficient. It is pointed out naval service and was prominent that the views of even the most au- settler in Kenya.
thoritative expert are often overruled,
They demonstrated one thing con- clusively that there is no limit to the possibilities of
of popular magle und Admiral Crompton was present at the entertainment to be derived the bombardment of the Sultan of therefrom.
would be the Zanzibar's palace In 1800. Ile ser- There fumilar tricks, moving to their ex-ved in the yacht Victoria and Albert, pected end in the recognised man and commanded the royal yacht Ale-
surprise which i
ner, only to receive that Bttle "twist" | xong the war he commanded the
and yleld the inal
vate the uninitiated.
A second proposal will therefore be made In the nature of a check, recommending that after release the films be subinkled to another experi, who would advise educational authorities as
as to its worth for teach- ing purposes. "The teaching, profession will not hesitate to use films in their classes
must delight the expert and capti- cruiser Weymouth at the destruction | "The
of the German cruiser Koenigsberg, and was afterwards in the Adriatic.
Admiral Crampton served on the staff at Gibraltar and retired in 1922.
That
There was, for example, Mr. Allen Benbow, the conjuror, who showed, or said he would show, exactly how the English "rope trick" was done, was straightforward enough, even if those who have seen the trick done a hundred times 'are stll} puzzled by it. But when he pro- duced endless coloured streamers from a tube filled with water, and a tray of beer boltles' and then real, Ilve dog from pieces of paper- well, that was going just a bit too far!
The Rev. G. E. Arrowsmith actual- ly did explain how "Solomon's trick," another version of the English "rope trick," was done.
STRONG DOUBTS
they have the assurance of an expert on its accuracy," declared Mr. Bell.
BRITAIN'S TWO NEW WARSHIPS WILL BE
UNLIKE ANY OTHERS
By A Naval Reporter
Hungary And Lord Rothermere
STREET NAMED AFTER HIM
Budapest, Jan. 10. Hungarian Revision Com council meeting here to-day to mittee held an extraordinary mark the decision of the Buda pest municipality to rename one of the most important streets in the centre of the city "Lord Rothermere-street.".
M. Ferenc Herczeg, chairman of the Revision Committee, pre- sided, and thore was a distin- guished gathering of leaders of the movement.
. Count Bethlen, the veteran states- Italy, sent a telegram of greeting.
M. Herczeg reminded his hearers that, although their revisionist move-
and his Cowboys; Instrumental
Clyde (Soprano); Ore(s) At
Dawning: (b) The Land of the Sky Blue Water... Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians; Vocol-A Star fell Heaven....Sam of
Brownc (Baritone); Accordeon Solo-Sedibal, one-step Arabe.... Maurice Alex- ander.
cut
8.55 p.m.. London News and An- nouncements.
9.15. p.m. "Petroushka" (Stravinsky, played by the London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Albert Contes
1st Tableau-The Mid-Lent Fair; Russlan 1st Tableau—(Continued) Dance; 2nd Tableau-Petroushka's Room: 3rd Tableau (Continued) Room; 3rd Tableau The Moor's Petroushka interrupts the Moor and the Ballerina; 4th Tableau-The Fair
Tableau
(Continued) Gypsies Dance, Couch- towards ning: 4th
evening
man's Dance, Masked Revelry: 4th Tableau-Petroushka is aloin. His ghost haunts the Magician..
9,48 pm
The Maestros. Auld Scots Songs (urr. Francla; Welsh Memories-Vocal Medley (arr. Evans and Francis).
10 p.m. Dance Music.
11 pm. Close Down.
DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES
The following ware-dengiba and frequencies are used by Daventry.
Frequency 8,300 k.c.
Wavelength
metre metres
metres. metro
Blan
GĦA
Сни
49.00 D.510 k.. 31.85
GSC
0,558 .. B1.30
080
11,700 k... 25.03
GRE
11,355
MA.TA
metres
GSP
10,160 ke. JAK
motre
G60
17,700 kr. 15.86 metne
GSI
21,470 kc. 13.07 matren
GSI
18,400 .c.
19.68 metrwa
GIJ
$1,540 k.o. 19.00 t
fly
GYL
110 .. 49.10 metres
080
GBP
15.180 k... 19.76 metres 10.310 kr. 19.80 metred
Transmission I
BRITAIN'S two new battleships, to be laid down on man, who is on his way back from The production of the "vanishing
Tyneside and Merseyside, will be unlike any handkerchief" from all parts of his clothing, eventually as an egg, how-warships ever known before in our Navy. ever, raised
strong doubts that all
live knots faster fourteen-inch guns instead of six-ment had since won very many sup- was not as easy and simple as might They will be
Bewilderment appear.
was com- | than any battleship we have eyer | teen-inch. pleted when he trained à prismatic had, and probably faster than the ray on piece DX while silk and pro-battle-cruiser Hood. duced it in all colours of the rain- bow,
and capped the performance They will mount a new type of by reversing the process.
gun of a calibre the British Navy Mr. W. II. Soar did a number, of have not previously used, and will ingenious and amusing sketches, have five inches of armour on the which, auggested that even drawings decks to keep out even the largest nre not always what they seem, and known aerial bomb. Mr. Billy O'Connor manipulated cards with such astonishing facility for launching from catapulta that that one felt they were doing just any exlating ship. what they were told. The produc In recent years the Admiralty Con-weighs twenty-five tons less than the whiskey
of the nine of diamonds on nstruction Department have produced old one, so that in n ship mounting
bottle from
hip pocket was twelve different designs for a modern eight guns there is a saving of 206 n-crowning touch.
battleship
They wit carry for more bircraft
porters in different countries, the first person who raised his voice in Hun- While Britain has never used gary's Interests after the European gun of this size before, foreign war was Viscount Rothermere. nuvies have hud it, and in the long voice was heard through his powerful interval since last a new battleship Press, all over the world. was ordered for us, the armament makers have experimented to such good purpose that they have now produced a weapon of smaller size Is more efficient than the big Detalls are, of course, secret, but
hat
it can be said that the new
Eu
The Duke of Somerset, who pre-1 the Bonist for the consideration or tons in weight, which can be used
These huve ranged in size from
sided at the dinner, said that the Magic Circle was making continued 35,000 tons (which Britain considers progress. It had been in existence for 30 years, but it was doubiful it big enough for all practical purposes the founders realised that it would tlen) up to fantastic monsters of every one would accept the limits- attain a membership at the present 60,000 tons. figure of 450, with many, mliated
socletics.
There was also a Source, Comunit- Only Limitation
Since the last Naval Conference,
Hungary, said M. Herszeg, could nover repay her debt of gratitude to Lord Rothermere.
It was with the greatest joy, said M. Herczeg, that he acclaimed the de cision of the Budapest municipality to perpetuate Lord Rothermere's name brorenaming one of their most prominent and historic thoroughfares
after him.
for protection.
The meeting concluded with an en- The shell which it fires weighs thusiastle demonstration about eighteen hundredweight, and sending of a telegram of congratula
and the fire is believed to be tion and gratitude to Lord Rother the rate of three rounds in two minutes.
more:
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
· Jones to Jones to Jones)
tee, who went round the country. exposing persons who professed to however, it has been clear that the
Phoenix, Ariz, Dec. 1. bring up spirits. It was rather re- now ships would have to be of 35,000 markable that whenever such per-tons, and the only reduction in size attended the committee's that Britain's delegates were able to
Justice Charles R. Jones Joined. In marriage Archie Lavar Jones seances, the spirits felt it wise. · to wring from the conference, was a and: Ada Jones, both of Virden, New Mexico. Witnesses were John keep away. (Laughter.)
tentative agreement to mount only B. Jones and Parly P. Jones.
sons
(HB, BO 0.8.0.)
ม.ท Big Ben, Brncopated Plano Murie
played by Harry Mille,
4.10 p.m. This is England.
4.25 pm. A Programms of Operatio Music. 5. p.m. Music and the Ordinary Listeners'
5.10 p.m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Bienal, at 8.45 p.m.
(0.8.8
7 pan. 7.80 p.m.
-
Transmission 2
0.8.0_0831)
Big Ben. The' Loulla Bridgewater
Harp Quintel.
Was There': The Itising of
the Bremen (Bouthern Nigeria).* 7,48 pm: A Short Recital.
7.66 p.m. Frull.
3.10 p.m. Memories of the London
Theatre*~~1.
1,95 pm. The News and Announcements, Greenwich Time, filgnal at 0.15 p.m.
9.16 p.m. An Organ Recital.
Transmission 3
(0.8.0, 0.9.F., GLIN)
10 p.m. Die Ben, John Locodoner et
Home-2,
10,80 1.2)+
11.10 p.m.
The ID.C, Boottish Orchestra,
"One for Adventure."
12 .m. A Sonata Recital.
13.30. The News and Announcements.” Greenwich Time Biena? at 12.40 mm. 12.50 .m. Danes Huale.
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