THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JUNE
20, 1938.
The
Hongkong Telegraph
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The Story of
PENITENTIARY
with
Walter CONNOLLY · John HOWARD Jean PARKER · Robert BARRAT Screenplay by Fred Niblo, Jr. & Seton 1. Miller Based on a play by Martin Flavin COLUMBIA
A
WHAT HAS HAPPENED DEFORE
Bill Jordan, a young clerk working in a strange city, a JoneJome on his twenty-first birthday, Ila asks a elrange piri to help him colebrato his annis versary," They go to a cheap sight club where another mais tries, to take the girl away from BIB. She refuses to go and the man call her a foul name. Bil goes to her defenso and demanda that the stranger apologize. Thoy got into a fight and the man reaches for his hip pocket. Thinking the man has a man, Dili probe a water coruto and hits him on the head. The man dioa and Bill is nteratod, Dia- irtel Attorney Mathews sympa- Thises with the boy's plight. TÚA, he says, on unfortunato circum- stance that might happen to any ane, Instead of trying Jordan för second degree murder, Mathcin allowen the boy to plead guilty' to manslaughter. ftit is son- tomond to ten years in the state penitentiary... Bu youre tator we find still a hardenvil, ombi- fered prisoner, Ho has been working in the prison jute mili stuce Nz Incarceration and tho dirt and dust of the mill ta brenk- ing him down. Hia lunga are af jected and he is cluso to nervous colinpro. One of his cellmates anya ke might be able to sanglo a transfer from the new spartion. When in tearne that the new warden is the name Toms" afath- cwa who sent him up ho laughs bitterly. His colimate diaciones that the convicts are proparing a surpriza welcome for the warden when he arrives the following day.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
PICTURE,
"Yeah?" ko naked, "And if I don' go down-then what? They'll think I'm afraid of them. Liston: Iva been taking taxpayers' money for a long time now. When I was dis trict attorney it was my job to get I convictione-and I got 'em. Well, now I'm warden. It's my job to bows this prison. An' that's just what I'm going to doi Isn't that right, sweet- henri ho turned and gave Eliz nboth a quick hug, Thon ho atrodo from the office.
The men were still yammering when the door to the administra-
opened and Tom tion building
Kn- Mathews ntapped out alone. thews watched them curiously for a moment. Then he relighted his cigar, toward the match away and walked down among the men in the yard.
As he appranched, they opened a Inne for fin and he was quickly in the ldst of the mob, Well to ward the centre of the yard ho nade out the ini, menadne igure a Tex, alter he had sent up for murder. Mathews guensed algħukly that Tex was one of the leaders of the canviets, He walked directly to ward Tex.
"folio, Tex." ho sald affably. "Haven't seen you since we were fa court together.'
Tex, unable to hide his admira- tion for the new worden's nervn. smiled briefly, "I'yn, Mr, Anthowa," bo mld.
"Tell the boys to shut up," Ma- thewa commanded. Tex studied the wardan for a moment then he turn- ed to the mien elons behind. "Prastha word along to pipe down" he or dorod.
When the yard was stilled Ma- thews spoke ngain. "I've sent up a lot of the boys here in my timo, Tex," he said, “You were one of 'em. That was my job an' I did it. Now I'm the wardon here. It's my job to boss thin prison an' I'm going to do It. But I'll do it fair an' équare. "I Think you'li And this an nico Every man in here will be treated ofco, Ton," Commissioner o according to how he behaves. If any Naulty of the State Prison Board of thous want to be tough, that's WAN abowing tho now warden okay with me. I can be tough, too.
Chaptor Two
"Tall the boys to pipe down."
around the prison. Tom Mathews turned at the door,
"Come in and inspect your dad; dy's now office," he said. He stopped aalde to allow his daughter, ca- beth-all, wide-eyed and attractive -to come in followed by her aunt, Katie Mathews, who was to be her brother's housekeeper at the prison and chaperone for her nioce.
Elizabeth walked to the desk, in-
If they play on the level with me I'll treat them the same way. Tell that to the boys, Tex."
Mathews turned and atrodo through the ellest prisoners back to his office.
The Now Chauffeur With the passing weeks Bili Jor dan found the juto mill increasingly unbearable. One day ho collapsed and was taken to the prison hos- pital. The doctor axamined him, Ho studied him record, noted the boy's youth and then he went to the wardan. On the doctor's recommon- dation Mathawa sent for Jordan.
When Jordan was brought to tho
spected it and then strolled over to the window that looked out on the prison yard. The men were ing their recreation period but, in stead of the usual hubbub and no tivity of theso dally periods, the yash was strangely quiet. The men wore standing qulotly, all eyes turn-worden's offico Mathews looked at ed up to the warden's windows.
A Warm Rocoption
As Elizabeth appeared in the win dow a low murmur rose from the inen. She shrank back involuntarily, "How how many prisoners are thora, Daddy?" aho asked.
Methows looked inquiringly at Grady, captain of the prison guards, who was standing beside the desk Twenty-five hundred and afty- two, ali,” Grady nald,
card on his doak. "Your namo le Wilitam Jordan,” he said. "Mind if I call you 'Bill'
There was a hint of bittersons in Jordan's voice when he replied. "You asked me that once before."" ho said,
Mathews studied him more close- ly, "Yeah," ko said. "Now I remem bor. The Parker case. Lemme ser, that was six years ago."
At that moment the door opened and Elizabeth came foto the omoc. She stopped just inside the door nad looked at Bill curiously. When Bill
"Yeah." Mathews grinned. “And I bet I convicted more than a thousand of those fellows myself." He walked over and joined his anw ber his drooping shoulder daughter at the window. With one straightened instinctively. He looked volco the men in the yard pent up a down at his dirty, grimy clothes full-throated, derisivo "YAH!" "as | and then tried to hide hip gnarled Beon as they saw Mathaws.
hands behind his back,
"We're having tea, Father," Miz- abeth said,
Mathewa tumed, howildered, to Grady, "What is it?” he asked.
"They call it "yammering, dir," Mathews looked up at her, "What's Grady explained. "They do it when that?" he asked, "Tea? All right they're sera at something or some- | Run along. Fu be there in a mi- body. This is probably their idea of nuto,” Bill watched her as she left welcoming you. I'd batier go down and Mathews, turning back to hir and shut them up.”
desk, noted the change in the boy's Mathews_amilied down nt his face. He studied the card before daughter. "I'm sorta popular with him. the_boys, tha?”
"Change of occupation nad on- "Don't let that worry you, sir,vironment recommended," he mut- Grady said. "We'll shut them up." tored to himself. He looked up at He started for the door.
Jordan.
"Can you drive à car, Bou?" he
"Wait a minute, Grady,” Mathown ordernd. "You stay here. I'll soaked. down there myanlf."
"You'd better not, Tem," Mc-
"Yes, sir," Bill repiled.
"Then you've got a new job. Blart-
Naulty Interposed. "It may meaning tomorrow you're my chauffeur."
trouble."
Mathews took a elgar from his mouth and turned "boillgerontly, í
(To bo Continued)
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HOW IT BEGAN Berdanier
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Bobby Breen's
HARMONICA LESSONS
By
BOBBY BREEN
Harmonicn play- ing is loads of fun. You can get some swell sound effects, too, with just a little practice and experi- inenting. The other day at the studio one of the electri- clans heard me prac- ticing my harmon- ica between "takes,"
"Hey, Bobby," he called, "come over here and I'll show you
something to
try on your harmon- ica. How would you
BERDAMER
UMPIRE
THE OLD FRENCH TERM."NON.PER” (NO PAIR) MEANT ANY TWO PEOPLE UNMATCHED IN EITHER STRENGTH OR, WITS. WHEN AN OCCASION CALLED FOR A THIRD PERSON TO ARBITRATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THEM. THIS REFEREE WAS TERMED THE "NOUMPER-WHICH WAS ADOPTED INTO ENGLISH AS “UMPIRE.”
VICTÒRIA REGINA
(Continued from Page G.)
for gall, who was not struck with this graceful, touching evidence of the love her sub- jects bear her."
We, perhaps, may look back with some regret to days when legend grew more naturally in our soil, and when we could trust to our emotions with no anxious calculation of the quar- ter from which, or the ends to- wards which, they are suggested or inspired. The figure of the Queen, which no historian 'or biographer can displace, was the authentic creation of her people, of their approval as well as their affection: loving her for what in old age she had grown to be, and because the promise of that far- off June had been fulfilled.
"OLD BLACK JOE"
{For Key of "C" Harmonica)
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real cvery
American boy.
Bobby Breen, RKO Radio Pic-
tures'
radio. young
stage. and
star screcu
enjoys playing Har
monica Music. How he learned to
play is explained in a series of six
articles written especially for the
boy and girl readers of this paper.
The first five articles appeared in
previous issues,
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Uke to make it sound like an organ deep vibrato?" "Sure,” I replied, "how do you do it?"
"Like this," he said, "with B your plain drinking ginss. Hold harmonien the regular way, in your left hand. Now, grasp the bottom ar
the
glass Armly in your right hand and slide the open end of the gloss over the right side of the harmonica. (See the picture.) Care- fully shake the gloss back and fortu
from
right to Jeft, being careful not to strike the harmun- lea. A beautiful organ-like vibrato tone is produced."
I tried it and it was just swell! Sweet, sentimental ballads sound really beautiful when played this way.
new song for "Old Black Joc."
BOBBY BILEEN.
Try it
on this your repertoire:
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