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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
March 28, 1940.
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ENTERTAINMENTS
THEY'RE "" BOOMPS
"BOOMPS A DAISY" in Swing Time!
That is the latest novel. ty introduced to Hong- kong by the Hartnells, Prince and Princess of Swing who are appearing nightly in the Grill Room of the Hongkong Hotel.
The old "Boomps," which was introduced here by Dave Harvey, has already swept the Colony.
All the steps are done to swing-
time.
Two "elap hands" instead of one, two "knees", a boomp, a semi- polka swivel and the bow romplete the first movement. The old waltz is replaced by the
"truck", and
the dance is completed.
There is very little difference,
A but that difference pepa
to the old-style. "Boomps
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the dance
to an extraordinary
degree. It has to be zeen-und, more important, to be danced-to be appreciated.
During this week, the Hartnells are demonstrating both the swing "Beornps a Dalsy" and "Knees Up, Mother Brown", the novelty dance which they introduced last week.
BO
have fast been reading the latest papers from Home about the way in which "Knees Up, Mother Brown" is
is sweeping
the country. i was introduced in
December 12, Landon on Hongkong well up-to-date.
recall that the dance was You'll pictorially illustrated on this page Jast Wednesday.
and Sandra Hartnell give Fredric four numbers at the Gripps this week in addition to the demonstra- tions of the two novelty numbera which, Incidentally, have proved
SWINGING A DAISY'
WHAT'S ON
QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA:
"The Empress Dowager" (Chinese film).
KING'S: "Hell's Kitchen." MAJESTIC: "Hell Divers.” ORIENTAL:
Nights."
"Hawaiian
so popular that there has been no hesitation on the part of spectators in joining in.
They announce a change of pro- gramine for Saturday night, when the Management of the Hongkong Hotel announces a 2 pan. gala.
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The highly successful sea- son of the Hartnells is drawing to a close at the Gripps.
Usually, the
Hongkong dance season also draws to a close come- where around about the end of March.
But I have some good news for patrons of the Gripps.
Dave Harvey and the Dyer Sisters, one of the most success- ful teams to visit this Colony, are returning for another short season which will commence on Saturday, April 5.
Since leaving Hongkong, they have played a prolonged season in Manila,
10 return to Harvey planned India after completing a few weeks in Manito.
But he has been as popular Iri the Phillipines capital as he was In Hongkong and has extended his season to stich an extent that plans have had to be altered.
The managensent of the Hong- kong Ifotel have received many
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enquiries regarding this popular tepm, and have been able to ar- range for them to play a return season in Hongkong before leaving the East.
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THE BRITISH War Organisation Fund should benefit materially from the A.D.C.' production of "Tony Drawn Horse", which opens at the China Ficet Club Theatre for a four-night season on
My next week.
cost includes Sunny Hole, Sheilah Mackin- Claude Burgess, Jay, James Whitham, Beryl Fair,
Roberts, Sam Pri
Pringle, Auguste Hoffmeister, Olive Green, Andrew Muckinlay, Anne
ne Dowbigitan, Gela ton Gilmore, Peggy Chubbs and Amedee de Boysson.
"Tony Draws a Horse" is still running in London nt the Comedy Theatre, where it opened over six months ago. The play is by Lesley Storm.
Incidentally, Hongkong's A.D.C, shortly celebrates lis cen- tenary-in four years time, to be exact. It was formed three years after Hongkong became a British Colony,
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LEARN TO DRIVE
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The golden rule is
10 sit naturally creet
with the lower part of the back firmly sup
purted and the seat so adjusted that both Clutch and brake pedals can be fully depressed without loss of body leverage at the hips. Hold the steering wheel" rim lightly with both hands just below the centre, keeping the wrists supple and the hands ready on the instant to grip firmly in emergency,
Never stump back in the seat Il limits the range of vision and slows down physical re sponses-to-read
conditions. Control
by two or three fingers of one hand on the wheel is inadequate at any time. Be com. foriable, but alert
The top and bot tom grip limits steering control and should never be adopted. This driver could not make a right-hand
turn without altering the position of both hands
Spotting the Rank
MIDSHIPMAN
A Midshipman is not a commissioned officer, but an officer under training, and is officially classed as a "subordinate officer."
Both Midshipmen and Naval Cadets wear buttons instead of stripes on their cuffs. Thoy arc distin- guished from each other by the white patches officially known
"turnbacks," worn by Midshipmen on the coat lapels.
Unkind
(and doubtless untrue) tradition has it
buttons that the
Wore placed on the cuffs to pro- vent these youthful officers from using a cuff in lieu of a handkerchief! Probably the same tradition is tho origin of the nicknamo- which the "Snotty," by Midshipman is universally known afloat.
Midshipmen are carried only in big ships, though it is customary
to
"end"
them for two
or three months at a time to de- stroyers in order that they may gain useful experience in this class of vessel.
Actually the term "Mid- shipmon" dates from Eliza- bothan times, but it was then applied to a cerfain type of rating whose sta- tion in action was amid- ships.
Beating the Censor
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ETTERS coming out of Germany are supposed to be strictly censored. Most of them are, but import- ant items of news still trickle through to the outside world, the writers often using the simplest devices to fool the censor.
Hero aro Icw typical ада genuine examples:
When Hitler upset thousands of Baltic Germans by ordering them to return to the Relch, some of them invented ingenious devices to cheat the Nazi censor.
One of the repatriated Balts, for instance, extremely unhappy in his now German home, wrote to his brother in Riga, Latvia :---
"Everything is very nice here, but I suggest you postpone your doparture for Germany until after Jan's wedding,"
Jan, the girl referred to in this letter, was only two years old. Another repatriated Blait tried a similar method to Convoy to friends at home the true state of things in Nazi Germany, Ho wrote:--
"We have not seen trlend Mr. Bviestas since. wo nrrived."
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Aviostas is the Eettiah word for
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butter. But the German censor did not know that.
British newspaper correspon- dents some time ago tried to get through to their newspapers the news that one of the Nazi Icaders was seriously ill:-
"He has been visited by six Harley-street men," they wired to London. The Nazi consor, who was anxious not to let anything leak out about this illness, passed the message. He did not know enough about London to understand what "Harley-street"
for stands
In England.
Last year Jewish familles in Gormany were constantly writing to friends abroad: "My poor hus- band (or son, or brother) has had to go on holiday,
It took us a long time to find out why the holiday-makers were so unhappy. In the end we realised that the "holiday" was really a apoll in a concentration camp.
In ona German area, an ox- schoolteacher was made a Nazi censor..Feople who wanted to send messages abroad knew his weak- ness for correcting spelling mis- takes in every lottor which passed through his hands. · ·
Bo the writers made a series of spelling mistakes in their letters,
and belleve it or not the school- teacher censor concentrated 40 much on correcting them that he never bothered about the meaning of the messages.
Much of my news from Germany used to be written in the hand of a six or soven-year-old boy, Censors never bother to read children's letters,
There was a time when every thrilling Berlin paper carried stories about the exploits of two criminal brothers by the name of B158,
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Merry Vienna R2578-Artistes life
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Richard Tauber
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Woltz of my heart. (Dancing years) Magyar Imre and Hungarian Orch, R2701-You gave me the first kiss, Out in the Puszta
It's a great pity. In the cafe R2643 Bihari
Serenade
Ella Logan and Orch. 22835-Adios Muchachos
I'm forever blowing bubbles R2011-Two steepy people
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Orchestre Georges Tzipine
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