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the Story of FRANK/CAPRA'S Mighness Productions RONALD COLMAN in
LOST HORIZON
A sutialization of Pokert Riskin's sercon version of Jamus Hilton's novel Nazentivo by Albert Dully. ACONU MPIA PICTURE-
WHAT HAS HAPPENED Beroan Robert Conway, British dipto- mat in, the Fast, is found in a amalt Chinese mission after having boon milasing for more than a year. Its has lost his memory but readily agrees to return to England with Lord Galmsford, hisřovouer, En route, Au memory suddenly comes back and he tumiste that he must leave the boat and refun to Shangri-la. He tells Gaisa- ford of the evacuation of Bar kushoro Au wcoa consul- during a bandit attack. The white residenta excupo bý planc and Courony with his brother, George, an American named Harnard, Gloria Blone, a mullen prostitute, and Lovett, au Bng- Pah #clovirtat, are the patakan- gera in the last plane, They noon discover that they have been kidnapped. For a day and a sight the plane flies on, climbing higher and higher to clear the ¡rcocherous mLDREN]= tab peak. At last the motora aputter and 90 dead. The up10 Aoyz (akufi ej vayozad to the ground and Conway and George enter the cockpit to subs due the pilot. They find him. slumped over hia Controls- deal. Conway studios the piloľa map and cóncludea that they have come about two thousand miles into Tibat and are at lenat a thousand miles from the near- rat civilization. Pacing a ators and forturous deuth foma atars vation, they are rescued by u caravan of natives jead by a Chinese who introduces himself as Chang and offers then ahel- ter in a nearby tamanery. It in a terrifying journoy through Harrow, precipitona" mountain prasca and the entire party is eshanated when, at Inat, thop creep around a narrow ledge and stop to gape at the sight before them.
natrange spe-filling horizon diffusing a noftiens and warmth that ta nbelievable. "Welcome Shangri-la”, supa Chung,
NOW DO ON WITH THE STORY
Chapter Four
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"Your Western mind is given to fights of fancy," Chang replied. "Bhall we go in I should the to show you some of our rare treas ures," Conway followed him into a huge library whose lined with books
walls
were
"Two hundred and fifty thousand volumes and more," Chang an [nounced proudly.
"You keep yourself well Infór medi here," he commented
"Oh yes." sold Chang "Are you Interested in comparative religion"" "Only casually Incidentally, what religion do you follow here""
We follow many." Chang ex- plained "We do not hold that any particular religion is completely fa'ae. To put it simply, I should say that our general belief in In moderation. We preach the virtue of avoiding excesses of all kinds- joven including exconses of virtue."
"That's intelligent,” sald Conway, "In the valley." Chang continued, "we rule with moderate strictness--a and In return we are satielled with moderate, obedience. As a result, our people are moderately sober. moderately chaste and moderately honeal "*
"Aron' there any disputes about women
"Only rarely You see. It ja nut considered good manners to take a woman that another man wanta
"Suppone," Conway peranted. "Homebody wanted her so badly he didn't give a hang about good man- Bers
"in bot event." Chang smiled. "it would be good manners on the part of the other man to let him have her You'd be surprised, Con- way, how a litle courtesy al. around helps to smooth out the most cont- plated probleme
Conway' attention during the lat ter part of Chang'a explanation had wandered to the adjoining music room where he could see and hear hia mysterious girl of yesterday playing a violin to the accompani- ment of a white haired old man
"At some time in the future," Chang said, "you'll have the pleas- ure of meeting her"
Conway took one last look at her and then turned to follow Chang. "Some man," he said, "had better RC ready to be very courteous to me."
A strange peace settled over the ttle group at Shangri-la in the ensuing weeks. The racking cough The party soon made the descent that had hounded Gloria Stone lefi Into the valley and came to a finit | her and she seemed to bloom anew at the foot of a wide marble states (In this proceful environment
She
Conway found himasif more and more attracted by the beautiful Bondra Dieet. (Poard by Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatta
way leading Into the lamosery.
accepted. the sincere proffer of "The servants will show you to friendship that Bernard made to your quarters,” Chang sata,
1jher do hope you will find them sult- Lovell contented himself - with able."
daily trips in search of foll The party mounted the sinire af-which he felt certain must abound ter the servants, leaving only Con in this mountain fasiness Con way who was raplly studying the way spent most of his time riding farmasery building. In an upper win- through the valley and nurturing dow he saw two robed lamas watch-his friendship with the valley fulk ing hias curiously Farther over, on and with Sondra Bizet. the mysteri A narrow terrace half hidden by alous girl whom he had met at long Coral arbor, his eyes were arrested (Jant.
Only George remained rebelilous
by the sight of a girl-a girl whose | beautiful evol face was framed in a at their enforced continoriert ni halo of rich brown hair She was Shangri-la Nor did the fact that standing quietly, looking down at he had met and been attracted to Conway intently.
a beautiful Russian girl, Maria, After dinner that night it was quiet his restlessnese Each passing Lovett who first broached the sub-day anw him becoming more im ject of their departure.
patient and his taut nerves snapped
*I regret that I cannot help you one night after dinner Drawing and Chang. "Unfortunately,
in pistol, he started out with the
we
have no wireless here. In fact, we lavowed intention of forcing Chang have no means of contact with the to give him information about the outside world."
*In
porters. A servant, terrified at the (hint event." said Lovettight of the gun, ded from George "'hadn't we better make arrange while the latter pumped a stream Iments for porters to take us bark of bullets after him. It was then 20 civilization"
that Conway overlook his brother. "Are you so cartain." Chang disarmed him and knocked him ou! anked quietly, "that you're away with a single, well-directed punch from it?"
While they were trying to revive Levelt mumbled a confused apol George. Cheng joined the group ogy. "We'll pay your natives any Conway spoke to him. "Personally thing within reason,” he offered
|1 have enjoyed every minute of our That's of no use," said Chang enforced afay at Bhangri-la." he "We have no porters here. The men wald, "but my brother is not of the you saw this morning are our own same mind i think itu- time we people and they never venture be were given some idea na to what yond the point where you met thera | this is all about."* It is much too hazardous. How. "“Strange,” said the impertumble
ever, there le a tribe of porter gome | Chẳng, "when all this happened 1 Ave hundred miles from here. They was bringing the most exciting news are our only contact with the out to you. The High Lama wants to wide world and in that respect you see you." are indeed fortunate for we are ex-
The High Lama*" Barnard de
pecting a shipment from them x-manded. "Who in blazen in het i imost any time. DENG
thought you ran this joint."
"The High Lama is the only one
Chang noted as Conway's guide from whom any information or as on his Inspection of Shangri-la the #istance cân, come. next; morning,
Shangri-la Conway aid, "you! Conway stood up, "That's the that mysterious pilotmare at tied man I want to see.." he said quietly. up in a willworked-out Man to kids "Let's go to him." ZAD Mg, and bring un hire againat
(To: Be Continued)
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Why Not a Rock Garden?
How to make one is here explained
by RICHARD SUDELL
OME day I shall make a geographical rock garden. In one part of it I shall "buy British" only, and every plant allowed there will be of the species and varieties that are British by birth. It was a collection of photographs and dried speel- mens of rock plants from the Andes that reminded me once again of this old resolution of mine.
They came from a continent quito isolated from Europe.
And so, though the plants were of the same families and were doubtless related closely in pre-historic times, they were of different species, from those that grow in this continent.
Cousins
AT the same time these different
rock plants are just as closely related to some of the glants of the herbaceous border, and to soms of the abrubs and climbers.
Every plant family has had, during the ages to struggle for existence in various climates and altitudes
And wherever high, mountainous conditions have fallen to their lot, species have evolved that are specially suited to alpine regions.
All these differences and reintion- ips make the classification of rock plants a little bewildering.
All the same. some sort of clansifica- Hon makes planting scheme very much more interesting to the owner, and I auggest this method of grouping recording to the country of origin na seing a very attractive and prñelical
one.
It allows for the use of suitable soli with a minimum of trouble, since plants from one district usually re- quire similar avil
Formation
WHEN you build a rock garden, the first and most important ques- tion is that of situation,
There are three points that I regard as essentials-a place in the sun, a place away from the drip of trees, and A place where a real picture can be made, not just a mound of soil pep pared with rocks and looking Just
apotty."
Rock plants are used to the open, sunny slopes of the hillside, and hate so be cramped and shut in.
Bo that if you can only spare a corner that is under an old tree, don't make a rock garden, but make a rocky bank for ferna, violets, Wies of the valley and Bolomon's seal.
Whatever style of rock garden you attempt, whether it is a rocky hillside, ravine, alpine meadow, or dry moraine the, the heap of stones left at the foot of a gincler, dump and gritty under- neath, and stony on the surface), let it imitato na nearly as possible the
natural scenery.
"If you live near London, and if you can stand a poep at the ideal without losing faith in your own work, go to Kew and collect a few Idena,
The original Kew Rock Garden was bulit in a ravine, a sort of miniature Cheddar Gorge,
A
My
Lately they have introduced stratified sandstone formation. own feeling is that this rather spolls the original simpllelty, but it certainly adds variety.
Work Upwards
THE commonest and easiest way to build a rock garden la to make a Bloping hillside and create the impres slon of a natural outcrop of rocks.
Begin by setting some large stones at the lowest part, and work from them upwards.
Tlic stones should tilt in to the bank, so that the rains run into the pocket
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Imitate Nature and plant ps she does--in groups.
of not.. These sell pockets are really soll beds supported by the protruding rocks. They need 'rough material be low to make good drainage, and a rur face layer of several inches of fina grilly soll.
Wherever two pieces of rock are set close together, similar fine soll should be packed да tightly as possible into the crevice. Loosely bullt rockeries are draughty homes for the plants.
I once extracted a root of rock pink, and behind a surface tuft three inches in diameter was a three-foot length of root, going for back into the cracks of the rock.
If such a rool finds merely empty air spaces. the plant naturally gets cold feet!
Apart from these practicni details, use your rocks ne decoratively as pos- sible.
If you are lucky enough to have weatherwor limestone. keep the weathered surface exposed, so that your Anished picture really looks ke a bit of natural outerop
How Nature Plants SINCE you are out to imitate Nature, plant as she does, that is, in groups.
Seeds do not often fall in isolated ones, but in small groups, and the natural rock gardens have their plants scattered in irregular clusters,
Often a group of plants will nestle against a large rock, as if the seed had been caught and carried there by the wind.
So, for instance, five plants of viola - gracilis in one place, and a few carly snowdrops close enough to them to en- sure a double season of Dower from one pocket, a group of autumn crocus planted among primula julle, wilt give a good imitation of the natural rock garden, while showing also the touch of the canny gardener.
An enormous number of rock plants can be set out at any season, since they are grown in nurseries as pot planta and can be transplanted without root disturbance.
Some good, showy plants that would provide carpets of colour-most of them to be discovered about this time
in the cheap markets and stores, 15 well as in local nurseries-are these:- Dwarf columbiner, such as aquilegia
atrata,
Aubrietia" Dr. Mules."
Campanula carpatica
Dianthus alpinus.
Gentiana acaulis.
Hypericum reptans,
Irta reticulata.
Sazijrapa aizoon (and other species), Sedum scre
Ellene schafta,
Thymus scrppilum. Vidia cornata.
Water Charm
TP you can introduce water to the rock garden, you probably do not need any encouragement from me.
To watch a tiny stream cascading from pool to pool or tumbling noisily over rough stones to a quiet pool at the lower end of the rock garden is a joy in itself.
To add waterlilies and aquatles, and such lovely waterside planta as the musks and the "molly-blobs" to the ordinary rockory plants is no less a source of increased pleasure and de- light,
Plants that I should use now to stock the marahy sides of an informal water garden are:-
Iris Kaempferi Mars Marioolde (Caltha palustris),
Primula bulleyana. Musk (Mimulus). Astlides.
of
Molly-blobs
Cypripedium entotolas for some other member of the orchid family).
As They Fade WINTER and early spring bloomers can generally be pruned (if at ali) immediately the flowers fade.
Blow growers, like Daphne, need no prubing. Winter Jasmine you can treat with discretion.
If you want it to cover a tall pillar, don't cut all the stems hard back, but begin by taking out entirely the wenkest growthą,
Leave the strong ones full length, or just trim away the tips where the flowers were.
If the stems are already too long for the support, cut all the ties, and twist the growths spirally round and round the pillar as you re-tie them: you will get a brave mass of colour next season from jasmine so treated.
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results in giving relief-(7)
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