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High Life in Egypt
Living in Egypt. H. K Ziegler. Murray. 59.
MR. Ziegler is well known " and to readers of "Punch," indeed many of the stories and articles, on "Living in Egypt" have appeared in the pages of that journal.
His main theme is the domestic problem as it is faced by the new- ly arrived European, and it should be sold at once that he approaches It with humour and resignation.
Chlef Villain in the plece is his redoubtable head boy, Abdel Rehim, who rules the household gently but firmly, with the aid of whole tribes of relatives and bon- gers-on,
Curiously enough, no-one gets murdered in the course of these, atories which reflects Frent credit
on the power of self-control exhi- bited by "Mary" and the teller af the tales.
Holy" (Capt. R. A. Gwyn, former A.D.C.' to the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas) illustrates this book with his humorous draw- ings.
Let Me Breathe Thunder. By William Attawny. Robert Hale, 76. Gd.
up
THE countless number of men and women, hoboes, mi- grants, and vagrants drifting and down the United States in search of work is one of the major social pro- blems in that country to-day. William Attaway tells the story of two of these young men in his most moving and poignant novel, "Let Me Breathe Thunder,"
Step and Ed, (Step is the sironger
character of the two), are tough, reckless, fairly good- hearted, with little or no moral sense, and with no real desire to And steady employment; inured to the precarious and hard ilving on the excitement of train jumping and lorry hopping, and gener- ally living from hand to mouth, although they still like to delude themselves that they
are really looking for steady jobs.
On a journey north to Seattle ore foined by a little Mexican they boy, whom they befriend because he possesses ten whole dollars, but the friendship continues after the money is gone and "Il-boy" be- comes one of the party.
The three settle down for a sum- mer on a farm near Seattle and
Guide To
The Shows
TO-DAY
KING'S: "Destry Rides Again." QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA:
"Mexican Spltare." ORIENTAL: "Mikado.", MAJESTIC: "Amazing
Williams,"
TO-MORROW
QUEEN'S and
Mr.
ALHAMBRA:
"The Beachcomber."
ORIENTAL: "RIO."
MAJESTIC: "Raffles." KING'S: "Destry Rides Again."
Spotting The Rank
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
Although a Lieutenant' is a lower Army rank than a Major a Lieutenant-General is a higher rank than a Major-General,
The easiest way to re- member the seniori- ty is to realise that a Lieu. tenant- General acts ឍន Lieu.
tenant in
the literal
sense of as-
sistant to the General.
In
Lieutenant- war ri General commands a divi- sion or a home "command,”
There are 21 Lieutenant- Generals in the British Army, three in the Indian Army and one in the Terri- torial Army,
Pay, £3,011 if, married';' unmarried £2,933,
for a time at least It looks as if something permanent might be made of their Ives, but Step gets into an entanglement with the farmer's daughter and suddenly one bitterly cold night they are forced to jump the first train which comes along, taking "Ill-boy" with then. After a terrible journey across the Rockies, trugedy overtakes them. "Hil-boy" dies miserably, and the others still move an.
Where to now?" "staybe 108. Why not? We're inaking or work." Then, as an after-thought, "Ain't
This is truly mrazing first novel, strong gentle and truthful, with na attempt to sentimentalize _or
burke
unpalatable
facts. The author himself hoboed for two years before he returned to Chicago
University and took his degree.
Then he went to New York as free-lance writer, but kept himself alive with all sorts of odd jobs from selling women's dress goods to embarking on a stage corcer which took him all over the States. Wil- Ham Attaway may well be proud of his Arst novel. It is a mature and delightful piece of work.
FILMS
Film:
"Destry
Again."
Stars:
Ridea
James Stewart.
Marlene Dietrich.
Verdict:
Streamlined
Western.
-King's
DESTRY-
Usually it is the noble
cowboy who goes to town and ex- poses the corruptions of the East, but here Mr. James Stewart, e.qually virtuous, quiet; and shy, goes to the country and puts the Wild West rights.
to:
The village of Bottle- neck is full of sharp- shooters, cattle - rustlers, cowpunchers, and so forth -but perhaps cowpunch- ing is not a crime-and Mr. Stewart's method, in this unexpected field for his missionary enterprise, is to try a little pacifism:
Unfortunately the plot is not very logically worked out and towards the end every- thing is rather turbulent, but the film certainly begins with an original idea and Mr. Stewart is very engaging until the complexity of the situa- tion becomes too much for him.
Miss Marlene Dietrich is given a curious, port which somewhat re- sambles that with which she ot tracted attention in the German film The Blue Angel; she is a bed- raggled harpy in a saloon, and her appearance, as Mr. Stewart himself points nut, is consistently spoilt by too many cosmetles.
Mr. Mische Auer appears in the role of a Cossack, whose conduct," Tchekov himself might have con- sidered exaggeratedly Russian, with a passion to turn himself into
a cowboy.;
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SATIRE
August 3, 1940.
PAGE
I'LL BET YOU
L.
THAT
Some Cynical observations from PARke cumminGS
TF two men make an appoint-
go shopping, play tennis or golf, take a motor trip, attend a matinee, play bridge-I will bet even money, provided the appointment is made two or more days in advance, that it will not be kept at any time of the original day agreed on.
I will bet three to one that any bridge player of elther sex who declares: "This is the worst hand
ever saw is wrong.
I will bet even money that 'the next time a motorist upproaches a pedestrian or group of pedestriana walking on his side of the road he will not have to blow down and honk because there is an approach- ing car which will arrive, simul- taneously with his own car, abreast of the pedestrians,
I will bet three to two that any person who experiencing a bad hangover, declares "Never again" will consume at least one drink within three days of that state- ment.
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If a woman makes such a state- ment as "You're always late for dinner." or "You always make the wrong lead," or "You always for- get to close the door," I will bet three to one that she cannot pro- duce figures or facts to prove that this is true as much DS twenty per cent of the thno.
If two or more men, assembled at a club bar, drink one cocktail, 1 will bet even money that they order at least one more, and if they drink two cocktails I will bet four to one that they take o third..
If a man takes a young lady to night club I will bet too to one that he will be able to pay his
check-in cash-when they decide to go home.
I will bet even money that any given theatre performance given in any city of less than three hun- dred thousand population will be-
gin at least Atleen minules afler the time it is scheduled to begin.
I will bet ten to one that a per- con of either sex who makes the remark: "I'll never speak to him (her) again," will do that very thing.
ΔΙ A football game I will give four to one that the team which scares first will win the game.
When a husband and wife call on another and the visiting
wife sofa be golnu now,"
will give and and the follow- ing odds: Three o one that they don't go within five minutes, Even that they don't go in ten. Two to three that they don't go in fifteen. One to ve that they don't go in twenty. One to len that they don't go within half an hour. One to two thousand, just for the hell of it, that they stay over night.
I will bet five to two that a per- son retrieving a tennis ball outside of court who attempts to throw it back into the court over the bank- stop will fall to do so on his first throw. I will bet two to five that he likewise fails on his second at-
tempt.
will bet three to one that any pair of clean white flannels will have at least one clearly dis- cernible spot on them after being worn for any period exceeding an hour and a halt.
I will bet five to one that any individual, on being confronted with a one-man charade, will fall to solve it if he has not already heard the answer.
It a person is introduced in quick succession to five people, none of whom he has heard of before, I will bet even money that he forgets to remember the names of more than two of them.
I will always give three to one
Marlene Dietrich goes back in "Destry Rides Again” to the type of role that made her name.
RIDES AGAIN
Film: "The Beachcomber," Stars: Charles Laughton, Elas
Lanchester,
A
Verdict:
comedy-
new note in bright
-Queen's, Alhambra
Charles Laughton made this Alm in England after he
had grown Hired of being stern and unyielding in American films. As "Ginger," dereiiet beachcomber on a small Island in the Dutch East Indies he yields to whatever offers.
The young Dutch Administrator overlooks
most of
of his faults' be- cause "Ginger" la the only white- man on the island except a mis- disrupts the sionary. "Ginger" girls' school, wrecks native stores and drinks vast quantities of liquor.
His troubles begin when the acid. Mins Lanchester as a mission- ́ary, decidos to `reform film. Which of the two is finally changed is still doubtful at the end of an entertaining and friely acted film,
Stars: Melvin
Film: "The Amazing Mr. Wil
liam."
Douglas, Joan Blondell, Verdict: Bright comedy of detec
tion.
--Majestic
The Amazing Mr. Williams is a detective who will insist on arrest- Ing criminals at times when he is supposed, to be dining with Joan Blondell.
As Melvyn Douglas shows him, he is indeed a debonair and re- sourceful young man.
Miss Biondell plays up to him with vivacity, and together they manage to make amtaing enter tainment out of a film which is not noticeably the worse for its family resemblance to other films which have had as their heroes detectives who are more light of heart than fat of feet. But Mr. Douglas has a conscience, and it oven makes him late for a mar- ringe which, however, safely, takes place before the lights go up.
that any person making a pass at ay with his hand will miss.
If a woman puts out her hand to signify that she is going to make a left turn I will still bet, believe it or not, ten to nine that she makes it.
At all parties having more than thirty per cent. extra alogs I will bet three, to two that anyone who cuts in on a girl wii dance either less than one minute or more than ten with her.
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I will bet even money that any given couple invited to my house for dinner will be at least ten minutes late.
If any person remarks that he has never had an accident in all the years he has driven a car, 1 will bet three to one that imme- lately on completing this remark,. he will knock on wood.
I will give the same odds that when, in the presence of two or more males, a young girl remarks that she is sweet sixteen, one of the males will add: "and never been kissed?”
unac-
I will be one to four that any filling station attendant, quainted with the ear I drive, will open the engine cover on the wrong side when I ask him to look at my oll
I will bet three to one that any- body entrusted to mall a letter for me within a specified time will do so.
I will bet two to one that any child under six years old, receiving a present or a favour from me will fall to thank me, and four to one, in that event, that his mother immediately commands him to.
When one person holds a lighted match to a second person's cigar- ette outdoors, my bet is two to one that the light will fail to take effect on the first 'match,
BRIDGE
TALK LOST THE GAME
Remarks during a hand are on exactly the same footing as hesita- tion, gestures, mannerisms, and undue emphasis in playing.
Touching all these matters, the ideal is to avoid imparting either. Illegal information to the partner or false information to an oppon- ent.
A player is within his rights, however, in declining to convey any information to his opponent. That is why he may play without hesitation even if there is a choice of playa. He is then withholding Information. But he should not hesitate without good cause, be- cousc
that would be imparting false information.
There is another Important point. who nvalls himself of in- player
imparted by an oppon- ent's behaviour, whether it be
formation
netion or words, does so at his own risk. In the language of the Dupliente Code, he "should not expect redress if any inference he thus draws is incorrect.
The leat ease was Mr. Robert McPherran's innocently meant re- mark in last year's semi-final of the Vanderblit Cup in America, The scores were so close that the ruling decided the match.
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Dealer, West
WHAL
1 2
Narys
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North
Dble Mr. McPherran sat North. Play went
Wat
Mouth
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DDIT
A
South
На
At this point. West took so long-de- ciding whether or not to finesag that al length Mr. McPherran saldı: “It doesn't matter. Thereupon West played the And Ace, carhed his) Dlaṁhond. "King ruffed his last Diamond in dummy, Mr. McPherson, cleverly discarding a Spade, not a Club,
West had concluded from Min. McPher- ran's remark that North had originally held only K-x of trumps, and that it
therefore WAL
Immaterial whether dummy's Ara of Clubs or Queen of trumpa was now led. So he chose the Queci which North's King look.
North reformed his cherished Inst Club, throwing the lead into dummy. An dummy had only Clubs left to lead. North's trump Ten had to make.
The referee ruled that West should be accounted only two tricks down, as the third undertrick had resulted from Mr. McPhorran's samark. This declmon was reversed on appeal to the tournament committee, which ruled that West had drawn his Inference at his own risk.
The commitive declared it would have liked to penalise the remark, but that this could only be done by giving West redress to which he was not entitled.
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