1931-12-30 — Page 11

WEDNESDAY,

DECEMBER 30,

1931.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY MUSIC

ATTRACTIVE TAILORING

The Latest in Gentlemen's

Outfitting

AT PRICES TO SUIT ANY PURSE. PERFECT FIT

AND

BELIABLE SUITINGS.

WING HING CO.

Gentlemen's

Outätter

64. Queen's Rd. C. Tel. 21417.

Very Nice Woollen Materials

For

'Making Ladies'

DRESSES

OVERCOATS

Also FURS &

SILK HOSIERY Expert Tailoring Department. LEE MOW. Chinese Silk Hosiery Store No. 1, D'Aguilar Street

DENTISTS.

HARRY FONG, Dentist,

lat floor, No. 74, Queen's Road

Central. Tel. 21255,

TANG YUK, Dentist. "Successors to

the late BIEN TING. 14, D'Agullar Street.

TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Free.

ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.

W. 8. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,

Kowloon Bay,

New Work & Repairs. Call Flag “L” Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.

FRUITS.

Now in season

CALIFORNIA PEARMAIN APPLES

Just Arrived $9.00 per box.

HAIR DRESSERS.

LEE YEE,

Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair Dressers & Booksellers. No. 12, D'Aguilar Street, (opposite Queen's Theatre),

LIANG YOU

LADIES' & GENTS' HAIRDRESSERS.

Alao.

MR. ST. OUEN, PERMANENT WAVING

introductory Price $20.

King's Theatre Bldg, Tel. 20315.

Ground Floor.

ON LOK

HAIR DRESSING SALOON FOR LADIES' & GENTLEMEN la fitted with the latest devices for 130 in hair dressing. Expert Barbers. CLEAN & COMFORTABLE 10, Wyndham Street, 1st Floor. Entrance On Lan St. Tel. 22317.

OPTICIANS.

THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,

'Phone 22232.

53, Queen's Road Central.

SHOES.

Pair

Black or Brown Shoes from $6.00. Black or Brown Boots from $8.00. Children's Boots or Shoes from $2.00.

Best styles," most complete stock

THE CHINA MAIL.

DRAMA FILMS.

HOLLYWOOD IS SO which I forget, and then got pui LONDON ・ ・ NEVER

FOOTLING!

What P. G. Wodehouse Thinks of Film Life.

Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, the novelist, creator of Jeeves and Pamith, is back from Hollywood, where he re- ceived a salary of £400 a week for twelve months for doing nothing.?

At least that was his own way of putting it, and when he stepped from the Empress of Britain boat train at Waterloo he smilingly con- fessed that "there was something

like that about it."

But it was not the sole reason why he has left his job.

"Picture work is rather footling," he said, "I shall not do anything like it again; nor any tlm work in America.

For British Filma.

"I hope to write some stories for British films. I have already sub mitted Summer Lighting to Bri. tish International Pictures."

Mr. Wodehouse had a beautiful house among the stars and magnates at Beverley Hills, near Hollywood, and thoroughly enjoyed himself-- but his task was too much of a holiday..

back on Rosalle," which they decided after all not to make. And that's

all."

FORGETS."

Why Harry Lauder

Made a Great Effort.

Mr. Wodehouse likes the friendly, informal life of Beverley HIBA. No star impressed him so much that be could think of a name offhand. The most interesting figure he recalled was John Farrow--but he's an Aus- tralian writer, not a glamorous star.

There are so many sides to the His little social circle included Maureen O'Sullivan, the 19-year-old art of Harry Lander that to listen Irish star, whom he described as "to him is to listen to the voice of real dear." And John McCormack, variety Itself, too. But he Greta Garbo.

never, even

"No one ever sees har," he said.

ARMOURED CAR FOR SHAKESPEARE.

Precious Volumes Guarded By Grus.

toria Palace, where he opINDA

short season, was given over to old

favourites, songs that made

the

name of Lauder famous in the days COASTWISE

before the war. Audiences cannot |

have enough of them; they join in the choruses with gusto.

Perhaps it was his readinues to sing that prompted the Scottish comedian to pay his hearers, a tribute.. He had explained” that quite recently he was in bed with a severe bronchial cold.

"But I wouldn't disappoint ye for worlds," he said. “I made a pe great effort. There's no audience world like * London in the audience. London never forgets!”

ALGIS

ENNETT.

An interesting : book. of Cartoons depicting "Happenings", on the China Coast

PRICE $1.00%

BREWEBS Now as

·THEY PAID HEAVILY. Because they had accidentally broken a window of the railway WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW carriage in which they were travel- EXCELSIOR BOOK STORE. ling near Jaroslav, two passengers became alarmed about the penalty | mad at the Publishara they would have to pay, and jump-

There is the knowing Lauder, singing of "A Lasain in Oblo"; there is the quaint little village joiner of "Boss of the Hoone"; there is the simple, rollicking comedian of The Wedding of Sandy MacNab"; and who better can lift an audienen out of itself with the homely sentiment of "Right on to the End of the Road"? They were discovered later. One The bigger part of Harry was dead and the other terribly Lander's programme at the Vic-injured.

ed out of the train, says Reuter's The Newspaper Enterprios, Warsaw correspondent.

China Mail Belldieg

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.

Elaborate precautions Ware to protect Shakespeare taken from modern gunman and bandits, when 350 priceless volumes from the Shakespearean library of the late Mr. Henry Folger, the Stan dard Oil millionaire, were moved from New York to Washington.

The books were taken armoured car under a guard of five Beef Biriota men bristling with guns.

in

ап

The collection, which exceeds "I went into Hollywood only about twice," he said, "I did all my work į £1,000,000 in value and includes at home. I hadn't any particular the Vincent Firat Folia of 1623, title. I was just there, and they called the most precious book in knew I was, and could call on me the world, is being transferred to when they liked.

the Shakespeare Memorial Library at Washington, which Mr. Folger endowed with $2,000,000.

"But usually when they sent a story to me it had been through about twelve other people's hands, and they were all so good that they left me almost nothing to do.

"Work." "They didn't call on me often. This is what I did in twelve months:-

very

The Arst editions were moved by the armoured car firm which takes charge of gold shipments, and they' were treated exactly like puliton. With armed guards on duty, they were disinterred with great secrecy New York, from vaults in

"I wrote some dialogue for 'Three hustled into the car' French Girls, The Man in Poases- buried

again

in

and' then Vaults at

of all sizes. Repairing a speciality.sion, and was asked to put into Washington. A 12-hour. journey

WONG SIU WOON 21, Pottinger St.

shape 'Rosalie,' a musical play.

Phone 21474. -

"I was taken off that to see one or two other stories, the names of

SPORTING GOODS..

ATHLETIC GOODS

AT

This is the most famous apple in THE LIANG YOU CO.

the Orient Quality: Crisp, juicy,| sweet and highly aromatic. Excellent keeping quality. Try a box..

WING COFFEE CO.

Tel. 25889 139, Des Voeux Road, C.

FOR SALE.

COLLECTION OF POSTAGE STAMPS.

Mounted in Books evntaining Both Mint and Used Stamps.

1,000 Stamps. All Different for $

1,500

2,000

3,000

4,000

3,000

10,000

"FULL" SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

GRACA & CO.,

Dealers in Philatelic Goods, Pictorial Postcards,'

Garden Seeds, Toys, &c.

No 10, WINDHAM STREET,

20

100

500

P.O. Box No. 820.), "HONG KONG,

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70, Queen's Road Central.

TYPEWRITER DEALERS

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Tel. 21420 CANTON 115, 8an Ese Sal Ed

RELIABLE PRINTING

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TCH FOR THE OCEAN LINER

"TRANSATLANTIC”

EDMUND LOWE

QUEER FACTS ABOUT...

A Pack of

Cards.

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Rosa

++

1981. 1918. 1914.

Cia. Ct. Con 24.19

Chicken Capons, Swall

Poultry.

Dec. 23, June, June, 2

Butcher Meat.

Ib.

Prime Cut

20 # 11

Corned

23 13

Caponi, Large

23 24

Duck

30

80

18

Dores

37

9:0

18

Eggs, Hen (cooking)

24 22

Eggs Kos (frush}

48

50

35

Fowla, Canton

$0 24. 30

Fowls, Hainan.

par met 177 10 12

Geass

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60

Pigeons, Canton

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Breast

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Steak

» Stank Mizicia Bacilages

•

Bullock's Brains .. Tongue, fresh

#

$4

#

*

Kidpare

Tail

LAYE

by road was taken in preference to Calves' Hand & Foot risking the pracious cargo to the Matton Chop hazards of the railway.

Strange superstitions cling to cards. One of the most mysterions is that which regards the nine of diamonds as the "Curse of Scot- land." Various attempts have been made to explain the origin of the superstition, but most of them are unsatisfactory,

The most probable explanation is that in the old game of comette, introduced by Mary Queen of Scots, the great winning card was the nine of diamonds.

This game became a craze, and was the ruin of so many families that the pine became known as the

Curse of Scotland?”

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Saddle

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Brains

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Heart

Kidneys

Pork Chop

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Hypocrisy, too, has played its part in the history of cards. One Vel Baptist Pendleton, at the time of the Puritan blight in England, issued cards which he named “The Scientṭall Pack”.

50

14

$1.20 tb. 24

each 19

18

2018 10. 19

10 28

27 20 23

Botha'w

Turkers, Cock

Turkeys, Hon

Snips

Pheasant

16

Quall

Apples (California)

24 18

8

14

pot / $1.50 $1.00 $1.00

20

Almonde

44

24

24

442

Bananas (bride's)

ม

set 4

Cobengts

16

16

18

Lemons, China.

20

Lemons (Amerloën)

each 18

10

Elchess, Dried

lb 60

*

B⠀⠀ SSRC EMERALASHMEELLISI

Carambola

Oranges (Canton)

Pears (Canton

KA-ENKER" CHARSORU

Fruits.

金山興業

60

21

per act 90

60.

Peanuts

Persimmo

Largs

oach 18

8

12

$5

25

20

18

Grappe

Vegetables,

Artichokes

Beans, Spr

24

20

Bert Rost

34

Bitter Squash Brian

:36 18 16

Catfish Codfa

34: 18

27.

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26. 28 20:10

26

22

When you sit down to the quiet game of bridge, or begin the even quieter and more respectable game of patience, do you realise that the quaint, stiff figures of the pack symbolise great characters of his- tory and legend; that the fifty-two smooth pieces of pasteboard repre- sent, if you could read their story, a whole terature of drama, of crime, and of trade rivalry?

How many people know that the King of Hearts I, in France, chief of the pack, being associated the centuries with throughout Charlemagne, the great emperor, or that one of the principal

In earlier times the penalties fori originators of the custom of for tune-telling by carde was a Paris Cheating at cards were often fero-

clous. Thus barber named Alliette, who turned tradesman of Norwich was found his name backwards ("Etteille"), invented a series of meanings for guilty of cheating and fined £20, a the whole pack, and duped thou- large sum at that debe (1777)-im- sands of superstitions people into prisoned for six moths in Norwich Castle and ordered, to have his parting with their money?

ears pailed to the pillory it- he Yet these are all facts in the his falled to pay the fine within the tory of playing cards, a history|six months.

Barbe They were declared to be cards

Bream designed to teach the principles of

rammar, invented by "A Lover of Canton ngenuity and Learning

Carp

In fact, they were intended to with a taste for card-playing. soothe the consciences of Puritans

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that stretches back until its origins Punishments for the eva blurr Into the mystery that clings card duty, too,

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manufacturara In Europe were the

French, and to-day the court cardą, rupi of the French pack still bear, the warlde names of great figures in history, secret the Bible, and legend.

The Queen of Spades, for Instance, is Rachal," the Knave Diamonds is "Hector,

Ector of the Round

King of Clubs de

amed

54-10

Dec. 28, June, June,

1991, 1918. 1914. Cia. Ota. Cla

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70 28 80

#

76.28 30

48 £22

each — 2221

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