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TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, APRIL 24,
1937.
Childless-Tragedy of My Life-Mary Pickford "Nothing I Have Longed for More Than a House Full of Children
Her Dream of a Better World
By REGINALD POUND
A real woman, whose name was once Mary Gladys Smith, who once thrilled you and the whole world as Mary Pickford, the most glamorous star, of the silent screen, talked to me recently.
It was not about Hollywood and the gay world of the films but of her real life, of home, of spiritual development, of her hapiness-and yours.
Mary Pickford, Queen of the Screen for a generation and most successful of all stara, is no longer concerned with work or money.
She is seeking only happiness-not for herself alone, but for the whole world.
The inspiration of her quest is in her own life, In the long struggle against odds. for the things she has wanted in life,
"There is nothing that I have longed for more
all my life than a house full of children of my own," said Mary quietly, struggling to control her emotion.
TANGLED WRECKAGE-So terrife was the force of the explosion which killed over 600 school-children at New London, Texas, that the roof suddenly seemed to flant upward, sur- vivors said, the walls burst outward and the roof settled back again into a tangled mass, Parents stood helplessly as rescuers "That would have been life's crowning blessing. Here is a close-up view of steel and concrete ruins,
battled the debris, is denied me.
"But I have my health," she went on, "and, I hope some years of activel life left to me. My dreams merge) into one great dream. of a better? work in our time.
HER SIMPLE FAITH
"It is dream of mine that one day there will be a simple world religion based on the Sermon on the Mount.
day when
"I dream of a religion, in the form of some simple faith such as I have sug- gented, will take the pince of politics.
"For, after all, it is only through the heart thus the greatest changes for human betterment can come.
"I know that we could change life If we realised
that thought has incalculable power in our ordinary daily lives.
believe, honestly, that we could sweep away disease—yes, and poverty-by concerted thinking. herself.
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Then Mary went on to talk of "I have had, perhaps, a more than reasonable share of fame," she con- fessed, but I doubt if I have been truly happy in being 'idolised."
"Sometimes, when I feel, the gaze of the crowd upon me, I wish that 1 were not what the psychologists who could help all those people to realise their inherent power for making the world a better place to live in."
GRESFORD TOMB TO
BE ENTERED
Mother's Plea After 3-Hour
Tour By Experts
Wrexham, April 15.
The scaled-up portion of the Gresford pit, where 253 of the 265 men who lost their lives in the explosion in September, 1934, still lie, is to be entered and efforts made to recover 81 bodies from the "29" district.
This statement was made by Mr. Joseph Hall, secretary of the Yorkshire Miners' Federation, after he had spent three hours in the pit and three hours in conference with other mining experts who included Mr. W. J. Charlton, Divisional Inspector of Mines; Mr. T. S. Charlton, manager of the Gresford. Colliery, and Mr. Herbert Smith, past-president of the Miners' Federation.
"We have been as far as the stop- pings in the Dennis main," said Mr. Hall, and our proposal is to put up airway the intake.
un-
FOLLOWING THE GAS "The party undertaking the
possible, because of the danger," sali Mr. Hall.
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!
By Bolton Bolton
`ADIO BROADCAST
Dance Music from The Hongkong Hotel LONDON VARIETY
Broadcast by. Z.B.W.
on wave-
lengths of 355 metres (045 k.c's.).
31.40 metres (0.02 m.c's.).
II.K.T.
12.30-2.16 p.m. European PTO- gramme.
12.30 p.m. The New Mayfair Or- chestra.
1 p.m. Local: Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 p.m. Songs of the Sea by Peter Dawson (East-Baritone).
1.16 p.m. Len Fills and His Hawaiian Guitar.
1.30 p.m.
Press,
Music.
Reuter Press. Rugby
Local: Weather Forecast, and Announcements.
2.15 p.m.
Variety and Dance
Close Down.
1-7 p.m. Chinese Programme. 7. DJ-12 midnight European Programme.
7 p.m. Song Memories. Drinks all Round-Selection.... Columbia Vocni Gem Company:
Gertrude Lawrence Medley....Ger trude Lawrence; Plano Pic (No. 2) ....George Scott Wood: The Vallec Medicy....Rudy Vallee and his Con- necticut Yankees.
7.30 p.m.
Hongkong Stock Ex- change Summary and Exchange Mar- ket Report.
7.33 p.m. Russian Music.
1. Sleep my Baby; 2. Moscow: 3. Ballet from "Konoik Gorbuntok": 4. to Prelude Slay: 5. From Sunrise Sunset: 0.
6. Beautiful Moon; 7. Along Petrograd
Bread Rood; 8, Bake No
On the Ryssion Vagabonds; Volga River: The Volga Boatman;
Volge:
Pas D'Es- Down the Mother
National Orchestra; Tl edes plansia.
Romanta. Romanta; Pinel Tigan,
Waliz
United Press Staff Correspondent 8 p.m. Local: Time Signal, Wen-
ther Report and Announcements. San Francisco, Apr. 10.
8.03 p.m.
A Variety Programme. Vocal Home and Beauty"-Play Levelling the sights of the
due east first it again (Hungarian Song), Twilight News-O-Scope
Sonata .GHA
Alpur: Vocal order of business appears to Happy Swiss Memories....Swiss En- have "spice."
semble; Accordlan Solos "The Big Broadcast of 183
1030"
Selection on; "Top'
Scott-
Successen.
call an 'escape, a symbol, but some- stopping and to make the return scaing will be as small as reason, trouble for Doris Knight and Christic den Well; Vocal-My Kingdom f
one
Pickpockets' Ears Are Painted Red Bucharest, Apr. 15. BUCHAREST police have
adopted the novel 'method of earmarking the thousands of pickpockets who infest the city. Before each convicted pickpocket leaves prison his car is painter scarlet with an enamel that cannot be washed off.
The earmarked pickpockets must report to the police once a month to have a new coat of paint.
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"OUR MINDS ARE FIXED" "This will reverse the ventilation at the pit, and on April 9 we intend to enter the stoppings by the new Intake.
"Our minds are fixed definitely on getting into 29 district with a view to recovering the 81 bodies there.
The 14 district will be left uni! we have explored 29 thoroughly. We anticipate dimculties in the 70ft. fault by the ladders in the 29 dis-
trict
We
for a
International situations and prob- Hat ably wars are caused by too many Wood; Humorous Sketch-What the cooks preparing too much food bad-Stars foretell....Sandy Powell; In- of New York: City. He told the
The Eodlars (Harmonica duet); y, according to Ford Maddox Ford, strumental-Kroptiong Gourmet Society recently that people Vocal--Which the Moon hangs high. cannot be amiable as individuals or The Hill Billes; Vocal—When
When the ns nations if they are not properly Poppies bloom again....
nin The Street
Pierrot; fed. The solutlun, he said, is a wider Singer; Vocal-Parisian use of spice-especially garlic.
were dancingne Vamp of Havana; Noel Coward; Ac- cordeon Band-The Food, also seems to have eqused Don't dingle dangle on the old Gar-
Fergie, each 7, in Cleveland, (0) Kiss; Two Hearts
Dick divided..
from the Dennis district for analysis, bed. They took a room at a down- Vocal-Wandering Shop
Samples of gas have been taken The two tots had a yearning to have Powell; Orchestra-Out of the Ras
a luxurious hotel Bag... food served them In
Harry Roy and
and Is Oreliestra; but so far have not been considered town hotel, clambered into bed, and Billies; favourable to the free admission of had placed their order for cholce Lesson Jane Carr (Impression- Singing steaks, chops, "and the fixings" ist); Organ Solos With Sword and when someone called a cop, Festivi-
les have been postponed, but de-an-March: Blaze Away-March. ....Reginald Dixon; Vocal-There finitely.
never was a giri Ike Mary; You have that extra something....Phyllis Stanley and Arthur Riscoe; Orches- tru-Sweet Sue: Grinzing.....Jack Hylton and His Orchestra.
air.
It is for this reason that the ven- Iltation system in the sealed-up mains is to be reversed so that the will virtually investigating party follow the gas as it is forced out of the pit by the Ingress of fresh air.
"There was "I am convinced that the bodies
n pathetic Incident are between the bottom of the hand-when Mr. Herbert Smith returned to ders and the end of the 200 yards the surface with the
others after return
exploring the plt. Birway beyond, within radius of 200 yards of the fault"
At the pit had he was met by the It is anticipated that when the mother of one of the disaster vic- effort to re-open is made the same
tims. She pleaded that efforts party will go down the mini as that should be made to recover her son's which went down to-day. Working remains. will probably be suspended tirough- Mr. Smith took her hand in his out the pit at the time of the unseal- sympathetically. "God bless ing.
we will do our best," he said.
THIS MORNING'S POSTBAG
Shoes....The
Humorous-The
George Penc, -64, Paterson, NJ., had trouble with his rheumatiem. It was cold so he moved up to the kitchen stove and rubbed his leg with gasoling-of all things The nouncements. funeral was largely attended,
9.30 p.m. London-News and An-
9.55 p.m. Billy Mayerl at the
Plano.
toe
Sweet Nothings; Jasmine; Mistle- Nimble Fingered Gentleman; Billy Mayerl's own Selection.
10.15 p.m. London-Big Ben. A Relay of Dance Musle from the Grill-Room of Hongkong Hotel.
ndo-They're Of A
the
Mrs. William Dalion, Blue Springs, (Mo), doesn't know about the latest has miracies of science, but she brought eight dead pigs back to life, you, according to her husband. Dalton his claims he found a 'itter of nine in barn with only one pig breathing. 11 p.m. Londo Mrs. Dalton dipped cach pig in a pan non-stop Variety with speed and of warm water and then ran cold rhythm. The Starters include Peter water on them. Each piggle began to Bernard, The Southern Sisters, Jean breathe immediately. Missouri spring
Melville and Billy Thorburn. Inter- water!..
rupled by Behnett and Willems. Produced by F. Piffard.
OUR correspondent when nearing the retiring age, and out them. This at least keeps away "Remedy" has struck the being allowed to return for a further pests for whom special police guards nail on the head. What Hong-reached.
few months until the age limit is were provided to protect tourists. CHAN MOK-KU, D.A. kong needs is not more taxation:
These are views which differ from but a little less expenditure on those expressed by your correspon- Wearing the Pants Government. It is an amazing dents. They seem to look at the ques- tion of the Colony's finances only in
And still on the subject of nature.
have good reason for snubbing all ather elty dogs, A sympathetic
Park Avenue, New York, dogs now!
norist, who had watched the animals
efforis to obey the sanitation code which makes them walk near the
first "Canine Rest Room." It is a
and placed on the curb near a fire
treeless curb, established New York's
"hydrant,
thing, as pointed out by your terms of providing more Government A correspondent referred to "plus paper some months ago, that income, Surely the first thing that fours" as one of the "sights" of our small juniper tree, set in a metal base this Colony should be burdened should be done is to find out why such time. There is one infinitely more
is
humorous than even these absurd gar- required. by a $2,000,000 p.a. pension bill, an Income
Perhaps mare might be done if the menis, and that is women in "shorts," 20 per cent. of our total revenue
R. C. M. present autocratic system of Govern- for defence contribution (not ment, with its non-representation, were -counting, of course, the abolished, and an electoral system in- Children and Clipper
Volunteers) and terrific Government stituted.
salary bills. The home leave system
ja ludicrous and would be farcical were
on
vole
PUBLIC INTEREST.
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too
11.20 p.m. London-Dance Music. 12 midnight Close Down.
TO-MORROW'S PROGRAMME
Organ Recital From St. Andrew's Church
RICHARD STRAUSS SONGS
H.K.T.
Also in New York a pollce emer- 10 a.m. A Relay of the Morning Kency squad has just rescued "Service from St. Joseph's Church. Martini mellowed by milk flavoured 11 A Relay of the Morning with whisky sours!" Martini, a cat Service from St. Paul's Church in Juan, Lopez' bar fell between n (Chinese).
wall and a partition, after imbibing 12.15-2.30 p.m. European Pro-
the milk, allegedly spiked by custramme. tomers.
new
12.15 p.m. Concerto in G Minor, Op. 22 (Saint-Saens), Played by Arthur de Grect (Pianoforte) and New Symphony Orchestra. Con- ducted Sir Landon Ronald.
by 1st Movement-Andante sostenuto; 2nd Movement Allegro scherzando:
MIGHT I suggest, before it is MIG It not that the entire Colony it affected I hope you may permit my views late, that the Education Depart by the extravagance. What Hong- on the subject of Taxation be made ment arrange for Hongkong school- kong badly needs is real representation fully known in your paper. In order children to witness the arrival of the
"Hongkong Clipper" next Wednes Council Unofficials to be a good tax, it must be: the Legislative
Los Angeles polles have added a who would be. elected by popular.
1-Easily collected there is no day? The arrival of this plane is
twist to the ono about the and would either stand up for the in- sense in spending $8 to get $9. Taxes one of the most momentous occasions
burglar so clever that he added the in the history of Hongkong'a com- bachelors are terests of the public or make way for on incomes and on
munication with the outside world, watch dog to his loot. It must be someone who would, Taxalion with very expensive.
that he's kind to animals. Anyway an object out representation is un-British and 2-Pald by those able to pay-buses and it should be made
when polico caught up with James undemocratic; Hongkong has a real are not for the rich, so that a distine Hesson to our kiddies.
PARENT.
Battle, accused of suspicion of grievance in this respect, and the question should be made between things
burglary, the dog and Battle had loh should be the basis of a real such as the difference between a bus
become such closo friends, they had agitation for the overhaul of our auto- and a taxi.
to battle the dog to get at Bafile. cratic system of Government,
Cleveland-Busy arranging details
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Nathan Road Buses
3rd Movement—Presto.
(Continued on Page, 17.)
12.40 .p.m. A Recital by Essia Ackland (Contralto).
"Orfeo થઈ "Euridice" (Gluck)-Che 3.--A new source, hurting none-the
fare senza Euridice? Merrie Eng- land" (German) value of the site in the heart of the
11-0 peaceful Eng-. would like to suggest to the Kow- city
land; Serenata (Braga); "At Mother's occupied by the War Depart- now ment be utilised by exchange with the loon Molor Bus Company that the for the Cleveland dog show are Knee" (Some favourite Lullables), If I Were Treasurer
W.D. to another site. This not only present 10 cent section from the Star George E. Bark and William 2. Breed. 1. p.m. Local: Time Signal and would give more thoroughfares be Ferry to the polni in Nathan Road op- Bark is president of the Bulldog Club | Weather Repert. tween the central and the eastern part posite the Majestic Theatre be extend of Greater Cleveland; Breed is gen- YOUR "If I Were Treasurer" letters of the city but would also make Hong-ed so that patrons can be taken on or cral chairman of the All-Breed Show.
appear to touch on every subject kong safer for the people in case of let off at the Alhambra Theatre. Dog-gone appropriate? but, to me, the right one. Being a war.
Under existing conditions intending question of Government Income, why Another method is to reduce ex-cinema patrons must either get off near not (1) reduce Government pensions penditures, by retrenchment, Efficiency the junction of Nathan and Jordon Mr. Joset Lampkin, the famous to more reasonable levels, instead of and economy should be the watch Roads, or pay an extra five cents to violinist, who gave a recital in Hong- the amazingly high ones now in force; words of any government
travel less than one block. The ex-kong recently, has been asked to (3) reduce staffs of Government de- Recently there have been many tension to the Alhambra Theatre make an appearance in Canton next partments. In comparison with a murders, robberies and other crimes; would inflict no financial loss on the week. He will leave here on Sunday private company they are definitely a tax should be levied on entry and Bus Company and would definitely evening, and will give a recital on over-staffed; (3) Uso more common registration to keep undesirables out, convenience cinema patrons,
Tuesday, April 27, of the Grand sense regarding evil service leave The Colony will do much better with-
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