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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1931.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

DRAWNWORK & EMBROIDERIES

SWATOW TRADING Co.

Established 1910. MANUFACTURERS OF

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AND

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ANNOUNCE

The opening of a branch store At Gloucester Building Arcade

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AND

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DENTISTS.

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Central. Tel. 21255.

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Successor to

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Not to be outdone, a third decid- ed to build a house of pure gold.

The fortunes wrung from the oil-Being with difficulty convinced by fields in Perala were at one time the architect that this, was impos- squandered In bizarre extra-sible, ho insisted that the outer walls should be plated with gold. a dis-vagance- was found that standard English "IL for example, I meet was not congenial to the Middle tinguished Hollywood director, and Thus the pompous oil-lord, on piece by piece, by thieves, and The gold, however, was broken off, West, and the American player say How do you do, sir?' on be- Bay, erected for himself a three-finally this imposing structure was followed sult when was found ing introduced to him, I am not storey building in the shape of a destroyed in a street battle between that 'standard', American made necessarily expressing subser- house of playing cards. The house North of England audiences rest- vience.".

Armenians and Mohammedans-a was equipped with all the refine- loss.

Mr. Marshall has completed a ments of modern interior decara- frequent occurrence. "Ruth Chatterton's pronunciation Hollywood talkie called "Secrets of tion, but according to the express Amid all these tawdry modern is ad English as makes no matter, a Secretary in which he is sup-wish of the owner had no lavatory, palaces stood the ancient temple of STARS LEARNING NEW SPEECH,and the voices of William Powel ported: by Miss Claudette Colbert, for Isa Boy considered himself Zarathustra, where thousands of and Gilbert Emery could easily be whose charm and intelligence he much too genteel to suffer such an years ago the eternal fire was wor- Anglo-American" is to be the mistaken for English.

praisca highly.

indecent room in his residence.. shipped. language of the future, and, it is "Unless a common mode of speech He is returning in the autumn Since Isa Bey had won

those now being created by, the talkiės. can be standardised they will have to make "To-morrow and To- laurels, one of his neighbours had j

This prophecy comes from Mr. to make #ims in each language. morrow," with Miss Chatterton. no peace. He built himself & Herbert Marshall, the West-end This was netually done in the case. In a meantime, he and his wife palace in the shape of a glant

JUDGE CLUER'S BOOT BILL, actor, who has interrupted his of the new Maurice Chevalier film, will appear in the English talkies, dragon, taking as model a huge Hollywood contract to make... a "The Smiling Lieutenant, In which "The Calendar," "Michael and prehistoric beast which he found "Fourteen pounds for boots," series of Alms in Britain with his the world lieutenant is pronounced Mary," and "The Faithful Heart" pictured in a book. The entrance read Judge Cluer from an account wife, Miss Edna Best, who recent-leftenant in the American ver- Miss Best will return to Holly-represented a gaping jaw into at Whitechapel County Court. ly ran away" from Hollywood to sion."

wood, with her husband to fulfil her which the guests marched. From "Fourteen pounds for boots, ha rejoin him, says G. A. Atkinson in Mr. Marshall gave me a few American m contract, provided the nostrils extended two lanterns repeated, the Daily Telegraph.

Illustrations of the new pronuncia- that she is satisfied with the stories which provided illumination in pounds' worth of boots in my life." tion. P

allotted to ker.

keeping with the whole scheme. Judge Cluer is 78.

Mr. Marshall told me that he was convinced that talkies on both sides of the Atlantic were evolving. a new mode of English pronuncia tion to audiences in each country, British and American players in Hollywood are co-operating in the formation of the new speech.

The Americans are getting rid of their "nasal intonation." and the British are learning not to use their tonsils, an effect which Americans call "alenoidal.".

"The essential thing for the Eng- lish to do," he said, "is to stan- dardise the 'a' sound.

It is pro- nounced in 'Anglo-American' prac- tically as it is pronounced in the North of England. Take the word 'Plaza, which, in its correct, Spanish form, las almost the sound of 'Platza. Some Americans call it 'Plazza, and others Plarza! Most English people pronounce it] "Plahza.' The affected English any

The ignorantany Boat

“Ronald- · Colman is practically | 'Plawza" perfect in the net speech," said Playza."

There is also a Cockney

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Mr. Marshall, "though Ronnte, in variation with an 'ai' sound.' 'The private life, has a 'trace of Scottish correct *Anglo-American" accent. Clive Brook is making nunciation is between 'Platza' and great progress in it. H.,B. Warner 'Plahza.' and Leslie Howard-who is a ter rific American hit-are experts in the new vocal fashion, and I am beginning to think that I know something about it myself.

A Little English Courtesy,

"It is probable, on the whole, that Anglo-American will be rather more Anglo* than.

'American, though we shall have to adopt many of their words and form of expres slon, as we are doing now, and they in turn will have to adopt more of

"Leftenant" or "Loctenant.” "The Hollywood English were the first to explore the possibilities of a new pronunciation, because it our forms of courtesy.

HANDS THAT DRAW.

Jiggs" Fascinate Portrait Artist.

J. Campbell Phillips stepped back from the canvas on which he was working in his studio in Carnegie! Hall

and I've been living with them for oh, well, a number of years. It just goes to show you what you mise

by being too close to things?!"

A portrait of George Mc-Aside from the fascination of Manus, creator of "Bringing Up McManus' hand, Phillips praised Father," so life-like that the figure him highly as a subject. might turn around on the casel at any instant, was revealad..

The hours when McManus was posing were some of the most de-. re-lightful I've spent in years," he said.

"Now that that's done," he marked after an instant's scrutiny of the picture, "I'd like to paint the honda that draw 'Jiggs".

"That's what I've been wanting to da ever since you started sitting for me, Mr. McManus, Make a study of those hands. They're fascinat- ing?"

Phillips went on to explain that McManus' hands create an atmos-

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Wherever it hangs, however, it] will be a perpetual reminder of the work of one of the pioneers in the comic strip field.

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Mellanus Put On Canvas... announced he wants to paint a pic- J. Campbell Phillips (right) of ture of the hands that drew Jiggs," New York has put George McManns shown below, since they offer an ex- Snipper on canvass in portrait so life-ceptional study because of their Sales like that the creator of the "Bring powerful appearance."Bringing Tech Ing Up Father.comics fears he'll Up Father" is published regularly Turbot have to shave it every day. Phil in the China Mail" and Sunday Turtles, amall lps, on completion of the portrait, Herald,

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