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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1928.

CECILIA 'HANSEN,

RETURN.

11TH HOUR REPRIEVE

FAMOUS WOMAN VIOLINIST'S

CONCERT ON THURSDAY.

1,000 PARTS."

DRAMATIC LEASE OF LIFE TO THE MURDERERS.

AN ACTOR'S AT 18.

TIME.

PRISON SCENES.

THE CHINA MAIL,

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE MAIL.20

TodayQueen's

Theatre;

THE "TWICE-NIGHTLY.”

"Chang." The "Morning Post" was inform- Northwood, Middlesex-About: Miss Cecilia. Hansen, the famous

To-day- Star Theatre: "Are ivaman violinist, has just concluded ed on the night of August, 13 50 needy actors and actresses, Parents People?"

yeurs -of: age and To-day-World Theatre; "Two a wonderfully successful season in that Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the 65 Manila where her concerts created Home Secretary, had decided, fol-over, are on the waiting list for Arabian Knights," "....... acenes of enthusiasm rarely wit-lowing long consultations at the Denville Hall, Northwood, which To-day Entertainment

Office to advise the was converted into a home "Cheer. 'O V.M.C.A. City Hall; by nessed in that City, Miss Hansen Home will arrive in Hong Kong on Thurs- King to revoke the order for through the generosity of Mr H. M. M. "Foxglove" Concert party. day morning by the "Aki Maru" the execution of Percival Leonard Alfred Denville, the actor-mana-730 p.m. and will give her farewell concert Taylor, James Weaver, and George ger.

..September 19-22-World Thea- bere in the evening of the same day Thomas Donovan, the Brighton There are 40 old players here, tre; "The Birth of a Nation.

Among September 20-Theatre Royal; at the Theatre Royal. The pro- murderers, and substitute penal including 14 women. gramme selected is an exceedingly servitude for life.

there is Miss Violet Temple, now Miss Cecilia Hansen's farewell, vlo popular one and should be well re- The Home Secretary had pre-aged 70, who nearly 50 years ago lin concert, D.15 pm, 10. a 40 ceived by Hong Kong music lovers.viously announced that he could not was wearing her hair in what

September 20-22 World Theatre; Miss Hansen's first two appear are his way to recommend a re-looked like an Eton crop. SheThe Third Degree.ftove auces in the Colony were so suc-prieve.

said: The following is the official state- cessful that one is led to believa that she will have a full attendance ment issued from the Home Office: an Thursday. The programme in as follows:~~

1.-Sonata

Allegro,

Andante,

Presto,

"The Home Secretary returned to London in order to give fur- ther consideration to the canes of .Greig the three men, Donovan, Taylor, and Weaver, who were convicted at the ast Sussex Assizes of the murder of Mr. Friend Ernest Smith. After 2-(a) Melodie ....Gluck-Kreislera most anxious review of all the (b)Praeludium and Allegro, circumstances, the Home Secretary Pugnani-Kreisler decided to rescind his previous de- 3.--Symphonic Espagnole ....Latocision and has advised the

mutation of the sentence of death in the case of each prisoner to one of penal servitude, for life."

Allegro,

Andante, Finale.

4(a) Nocturne Chopin-Sarasate (b) Cortege........Boulanger (e) Zigeunerweisen ..Sarasate At the Piano: Boris Zakharoff. Direction: A. Strok.

JUNGLE FILM.

A WONDERFUL PICTURE AT THE QUEEN'S,

THRILLING SCENES,

"Chung," which is Siamese for elephant, is the title of the magni scent film of jungle life which started its run at the Queen's Theatre yesterday, and will con- tinue until Saturday.

Anyone who sces the picture can immediately realise the dangers

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EXECUTIONERS READY. The men were to have been ex- ecuted at B sim. on August 15, Taylor at Pentonville Prison and Weaver and Donovan at Wands- worth Prison,

The news came with dramatic suddenness. All hope of a reprieve had been dispelled by the Home Secretary's letter to the solicitors of the condemned men stating that he sayy grounds for interfering with the sentence. The men had been visited and arrangements for the exe- by their relatives for the last time, cutions were complete.

no

I wore my hair short because I often played boys' parts, and because when I played Jane Shore I wore a wig with very long hair. I was born in New York, and came to England in a sailing vessel. I crossed the Atlantic about 15 times, and one voyage took 17 weeks. have never been in a steam vessel.

Mr. Fred Powell made a gue- cess as "The Strangler" in the melodrama, "The Grip of Iron.” He said:

I played the part for 20 years, and every night had to strangle two people. One of them was one of a gang of crooks who betrayed and killed my daughter,

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September 21-Promenade Con-HE Undersigned have received cert at Volunteer parada ground; 9.15 p.m.

October 11--Chamber Concert at Helena May Institute, 5.80 p.m...

Lammerts': Auctions. September 20At Sales Room, miscellaneous goods, 11 am

September 21-At-Sales Room,

Silver and electro-plated ware, also a few pieces of cut glasses, 11 a.m.

Meetings. September, 20-Meeting of the Legislative Council, 2.30 p.m.

September 20--Annual meeting of the Hong Kong Boxing Association, Messrs Jardine Matheson's board room, 5.30 p.m. i

September 24-Kowloon Football Club annual meeting, 6 p.m.

Sports.

The Father's Revenge, Before I avenged her I would say, "You may escape the law; you cannot escape these fingers. This was a tremen- dous thrill for, the audience. of Baseball League, Happy Valley, My hands were made up with black grease to suggest fingers like talons.

September 18.-Hong Kong Foot- starts at 5.30 p.m. on Clabs Ground. ball Club Soccer. Section: training

September 19 Deciding Match for Championship of Senior division

is Mr. Morley Carroll, who at 70 The humorist of Denvile House

is afflicted with heart disease but the life and soul of the place.

A telephone message from Mr. A. Farndell, Under, Sheriff of Sus-Is

sex, to his wife at Lewes was the arst hint of a reprieve.

He said:-

PM

September 21-22-South China Command aquatic sports at Victoria Recreation Club, 2 pm..

September 22-Chinese Recroa- tion Club "At Home."

October 6-American tournament, Ladies' Recreation Club Peak-road, I should think I have played at 2.30 p.m. (postponed from Sept.

1,000 parts, from Irish charac-22). The circumstances of the re-

faced in its filming. The majority prieve, coming as it did on the eve of its actors are wild animals, and of the execution after the Home the scenes shown were thrilling and Secretary had apparently said his fascinating to the city dweller whose last word on the matter, are unique. only knowledge of the dense jungle The executioners had arrived at and all its dangers are only gathered the prisons and the Under Sheriff from books, a dozen of which could had satisfied himself that every- not produce in cold print, however thing was in readiness,

vivid the description, the marvels i In the meantime the Home Secre- which are presented by this film.

The underlying theme of the pic. ture is a simple onne. It tells the story of the fight by man to snatch A meagre living from the jungle, constantly putting up a life and

tary had been busy. He attended a Council held by the King at Buckingham Palace at 11 a.m., but before this he had an audience with His Majesty. Sir William then re- turned to the Home Office, where which he finally decided to advise he held long consultations, after

the King to revoke the order for

death struggle with the wild beasts tigers, leopards, elephants and huge snakes. It is a struggle in exceution and substitute penal ser which man is not always the con-vitude for life. queror, yet he is never completely The news created a sensation in defeated, a fight in which man's cun- ning and brain are pitted against -the sheer brute force of the lower

creatures.

Brighton.

SCENE IN PRISON.

News of the reprieve came through while several of Taylor's Sensation of the most thrilling relatives were in Pentonville Prison. sort is constantly before one's eyes

A forlorn, party consisting of Mrs. from the first to the last flicker of Taylor, his mother, his young wife the film. A leopard's raid on the und his sister, had gone from jungle ploneer's little holding. Brighton about mid-day by motor- slaughtering his goats, and how the car to say their last farewells. Ingenuity of man resulted in the Taylor's sister, Cissie, described to raider being trapped and killed. a Press representative what hap- A hair-raising flight before a huge,pened in the prison, when the news cruel tiger which loso in the long of the reprieve was heard. run and is killed with a well shot "We had said what we thought from an antiquated firearm.

to be our last good-bye to Percy,

Ho seemed more dead than alive.

ter to Romeo. Tat

But such versatility spells obscurity. I have written four comedies that nobody will read and a fairy tale that nobody will publish.

I have played William Corder in Maria Marten" for 138. 4d., and Iago for a shilling. For three nights in the Midlands, I went into management, and the profits, after paying all expenses, were half-a-crown. Exit management!

Playing in "Maria Marten" one night I fired the pistol at Maria as she rushed off to get the sponge to smear the red on her face. When she returned n woman in the gallery shouted. "She was shot in the back, and she comes back with blood on her face." The audience roar- ed with laughter.

Grateful Grave-Digger. Arthur Aubert, said:

A veteran comedian,

Mr.

October 18.-H.K.V.N.C. Annual Athletic Sports on Kowloon Cricket Club ground, 2.30 p.m...

Miscellaneous,

To-day-Social gathering at Union Church, Kowloon, when a presenta- tion will be made to Rev. J. Kirk Maconachle.

September 20-Presentation of medals and labals to members of St. John Ambulance Brigade by H. E. the Officer Administering the Gov ernment at Govt. House, 6 p.m.

October 2-Ladies whist drive at Helena May Institute 8.45 p.m. given by the Police Branch of the M.C.L.

October 4, 5, 6 Grand Tattoo, Sookumpoo, 8.80 p.m. nightly,

A COMEDY.

"TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS” AT-

WORLD, AND

When I was playing in Nor- "Two Arabian Knights," which folk an old grave-digger who has delighted audiences at the had never seen a play before World Theatre since Sunday, is was introduced to me. He was being screened for the last time so pleased that he offered to to-day. The story deals with the bury me for nothing...

amusing and exciting escapades of

In Scotland an old woman two soldiers who escape from a said to me, "So you are one of war prison camp and after many the player folk. What a pity, adventures, ultimately arrive in a nice lad like you. I wish Arabia, where they meet with fur could get you taken at the gas-ther trouble when they fall in love works.

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LIVELY FILM.

TO-DAY'S PICTURE AT STAR THEATRE.

"Are Parents People", the picture featuring Paramount Adelphe Menjou, Betty Bronson, the "Peter Pan" girl and Florence Vidor, which will be screened at with the beautiful daughter ofan the Star Theatre to-day and to- Emir. The leading players are morrow is an entertaining story of William Boyd, popular screen star, love and filial duty. The central Louis Wolheim, the original "Cap-figure in the story is an only

tries to shame them and then de cides to give them a "mutual Death from sunstroke was the worry, which she does, by pretend verdict at the inquest at Fontypool ing to fall in love with a long-hair- on Frederick Gladstone Lewis, 19, ed movie "shell" «The working out

The killing of a large, terrible und be had given a white rose and looking sunke. The capture of an carnation to his wife, and a white big lizard with bare hands. The rose to his mother. They were laying of pitfalls, snares, traps, nets procured for him by the prison and other unheard of devices of chaplain at Percy's special request. a great deal of good work in contain Flagg of the stage play, daughter whose parents. quarrel man for the destruction of his "After we had said good-bye nection with the reprieve. "It was "What Price Glory and Mary about the smallest things, Betty is jungle 'enemics. The capture of a Percy stood in the doorway with Mr. Cowley," he said, "who prepared Astor, leading lady for Douglas at her wit's end to know what to baby elephant in a pitfall and the hands clasped to his forehead! the statement which, I took to the Fairbanks in "Don Q" and for John do with them. She scolds them, Revenge its mother visited on its He said: There are only fourteen Home Secretary, I claim no credit Barrymore in "Beau Brummel. captors. All these are shown in the more hours. We were all on the at all for what has happened. I m. The climax is reached when verge of breaking down, when sud only did my duty, and took the a herd of elephants raid a jungle denly the door opened and the statement to Sir William Joynson village, carrying all before it and prison governor walked in.) Hicks." nothing is left standing in its wake. asked us to go into a separate room STORY OF THE CRIME. The great hoard, huge mountains and wait a few moments. We The three men were sentenced to and small, hills of grey elephantine walted for 20 minutes before he death on July 18 at the Lewes bulk, is really awe inspiring. Never again appeared and took us back Assizes by Mr. Justice Avory for Mr. Philip Walter Kerr has been...” The “London Gazette", stated that had such a collection of elephants to Percy.

the murder of Mr. Friend Smith, appointed Croix, Eurauivant- | Leyk Charles Lealle, Noble, M.B., been filmed before. Elephants in "Then the Governor said in a an elderly tradesman, who died in Arms in place of Mr. all their natural wildness, ruthless, quiet voice: All the boys are re-a nursing home at Brighton on May Charles Martin, promoted Richmond cruel, destructive. Finally one sees prieved. We did not know what to 18 from septic pneumonia, a month Herald, man's cunning again triumph when do, but at last Percy shouted and the entire hoard is captured in a then broke down. huge stockade bullt by the villagers

...

He

after he had been taken to a lonely

spot on the Downs, brutally assault- ed and robbed

The men have all along protested their innocence.

"He danced round the room, as their answer to the challenge of clung to his mother, hugged his the jungle. The thrilling scene of wife, and nearly suffocated me. It the driving of the entire herd of was like a dead man coming to life, elephants into the stockade beggars He asked how Weaver and Donovan description. More wonderful of all, were, but he seemed far too busy Hewart, who presided when

in clinging to his wife to say much, appeals were dismis

Strenuous efforts were ma

save the men's lives, but

the final mastery of man over beasts, All he did say was: 'I knew it all his opinion that the very when the elephants are broken in to along. I am innocent acordance with the evid become the patient, obedient, slave The rumour that a reprieve had Home

of his former enemy,

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fy the film, particularly the comical anties of a white monkey; who is the

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