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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1932.

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Catalogues

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COASTWISE

by

"ALGIE" BENNETT.

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W, on a wavelengh of 855 metres:-

THE CHINA MAIL.

ROUND

HONG KONG S CINEMA THEATRES

5-8 p.m.-European Programme OFFICIAL SOURCES.

of Victor & H.M.V. and Columbia Records.

5-5.28 p.m.-Yariety. Orchestral-

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, Tap Dance,

Song

Victor Novelty Orchestra (22986),

Dangerous Nan McGrew I Owe You,

Helen Kane (Comedienne) (22407).

Organ Solo

Just a Night for Meditation, Roses of Yesterday,

Vocal Duct-

"CHARLEY'S AUNT.”

"RAIN OR SHINE”

Among the interested spectators In the circus audience that watches

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN CHINA MAIL.

Social Functions, To-day-Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant; Dinner Dance at Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotela.

If "Charley's Aunt," the Colum-Joo Cook perform his merry antica In "Rain or Shine," the film version bia farce of Oxford University of the well-known musical comedy student life, produced by Christie, produced by Columbia Pictures axe

Entertainments.

Theatre; To-day Kings at the now showing

Central coming to the Central Theatre on

Wednesday, is none other than the "Merely Mary Ann." Theatre, had been written in

an famous heavyweight ex-champion, Today Queen's Theatre; American locale, the play would James J. Jeffries, The Columbia "Sidewalks of New York." not have been at all possible. The circus was erected on a ranch at Today Central Thermat

owned by "Charley's Aunt." informality of British student life Burbank, California,

Jeffries, and the ex-champion was a

To-day Majestic Theatre: "Women of All Nations."

Theatro:

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In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Feking.

MARBLE HALL Jesso Crawford (21713).compared with the strict regula-daily visitor to the picture location.

I

f

They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree,tions of American Universities al-A formidable group of stars Was Whippoorwill,

lowed for certain situations to esembled to support Joe Cook in

This film debut. Gene and Glenn (22385).

exist. 5.28-6.10 p.m-A Concert.

Among the players are Louise Most American Universities do Fazenda, Joan Peers, William Songs-

not allow any women, with the ex-Collier, jun, Tom Howard, Dave Chason, Alan Roscoe and Adolph

(a) Berceuse,

(b) Snow Drop (Gretchanipof), Dobrynia Nikititch (Gretchaninoff), ception of mothers and sisters, to

Nina Koshetz (Soprano)

Violin Solo-

Melodie Arabe

(7111).

(Glazounow-Kochanski), Sicilienne and Rigaudon (Francoeur-Kreisler),

Choral-

Sadah Shuchari (4114).

Piano Salo

Etude in C Minor (Chopin), Etude in G Flat Major (Chopin),

Ignace Jan Paderewski (1387).

Songs-

visit in the rooms of men's dormi-

tories.

If this was oxistent in Britain the motivating situation in "Charley's Aunt" would have been) absent.

Mflar.

"DIXIANA."

To-day - Star "Pardon Us."

To-day-Harmston's Circus, op- posite Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon.

Home Malla. To-day-Inward from America (President Grant and Empress of Russis).

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER WILL LIVE TO BE 100.

His Doctor Makes

A Prediction.

At the age of ninety-one John D. Rockefeller, once the richest man in the world, has at least another nine years of life before him.

All girls entertaining an ambi- tion to "crash" the film gates Charlie Ruggles, June Collyer, should lend their ears to the story Hiawatha's Wedding Feast (C. Hugh Williams, Rodney McLennon of Dorothy Lee, Radio Pictures' Taylor) He was Dressed in Shirt and Halliwell Hobbess are includ-tiniest featured player, and come- greatest of of

doc-skin,

jed in the cast. Al Christle direct-dienne of "Dixiana" Hiawatha's Wedding Feast (C.

screen music drama, which is ed. Taylor) Till the wind became a

coming to the Queen's Theatre on Whirlwind,

Royal Choral Society (C1932). "SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK." Wednesday.

Though Miss Lee probably could Tricks of vaudeville performers be carried effortlessly around by a who slide down a tight wire have midget, her personality neverthe

This was the prediction made by nothing on Buster Keaton, screen less holds a bump of determina- comedian, and his latest feat. tion that would have crowded the Dr. J. N. Fogarty, Mr. Rockefeller's Keston made a "slide for life" on stalwart frame of Hercules him- personal physician, following & thorough examination of the aged a soaped banister of a great stair-self.

Born in the shadows of the old magnate whose brain conceived the way, catapulted into the arme of several men in lieu of a net, and FBO studios in Hollywood, now great Standard Oil Company.

"Mr. Rockefeller is in perfect made a perfect three-point land- the Radio Pictures' "lot," Miss

Lee could not avoid being inoculat-health," Dr. Fogarty told a Press ing.

The trick was done in the ed with the "movie bug." By the man at the Rockefeller winter home. "Of course," Dr. Fogarty added, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star's new time she could walk she began

She kept "at his age, no one knows what picture, "Sidewalks of New York," Founding at the gate. which is now showing at the on pounding, though she probably might happen, but at least there are Queen's Theatre. Keaton, who in had the world's record for rebuffs. no signs of organic illness, and if The time came to admit failure. Mr. Rockefeller lives to be at least his youth was an acrobat in vaude- ville, practised the trick for a She admitted it, but her character 100 it will not surprise me.

asserted itself when she confined "Of the many members of the single day and did it perfectly.

"Once in training," says Keaton. herself to "failure in Hollywood." Rockefeller family whom I attend, "it is always a simple matter to She determined to make Hollywood John D. is ill the least and requires: practise a tittle and 'come back come to her. To make it really less I have teen acrobats do it after interested, she travelled twenty years."

way to New York.

(a) Fairings, (b) Come to the Fair (E. Martin), (a) Jock the Fiddler, (b) The Ballad-Monger (E. Martin), Perry Heming (Baritone) (C1482). Organ Solos-

(a) Leave Me Alone,

(b) Songs My Mother Taught Me

(Dvorak),

Reginald Foort (C1159). 6.10-6.12 p.m.-Orchestral. Heart Wounds (Grieg), Burlesca (Bossi),

The Philadelphia Chamber String Simfonietta (4022).

Good Old Dances.

Jack Hylton, His Orchestra and Guests (C1784). Molly on the Shore (Grainger), Shepherd's Hey (Grainger),

Royal Opera Orchestra, Convent Garden (4165). Nautical Moments (arr. Winter),

London Palladium Orchestra (01854). 6.42-7.20 p.m.-Operatic. Song-

Barber of Seville-A Little Voice I

Hear (Rossini), Mignon-I'm Fate Titania

(Thomas),

Madam Amelita Galli-Curei (Soprano) (7110).

Orchestral-

Aida-Fantasia

(Verdi, arr. Tavan),

Marek Weber & His Orchestra (C2057).

Pagliacci-Such a Game

STANDARD TIMES. Sunrise and Sunset

in Colony.

Sunrise and Sunset in Hong Kong for February, 1932, (Standard time of the 120th Meridian, East of Greenwich), are as follows:-

Sunrise Sunset

Date

L.M.

p.nl.

Song-

8

7.00

(Leoncavallo),

9

6.69

Andrea Chenier-I was a Soldier

10

(Giordano),

11

Giovanni Zenatello (Tenor)

(1433).

12

Orchestral--

18

6.15 6.16 6.69 6.17 6.58 6.18 6.58 6.18 6.57 6.19

Carmen Suite-Gypsy Dance

14

6.57 6.19

(Bizet),

15

6.56 6.20

Carmen Suite--Intermezzo and Les

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

Dragone d'Akala (Bizet),

16

6.56 6.20

Philadelphia Symphony

17

6.65

Orchestra (6873).

18

6.21 6.54 6.21

7.20-8 p.m.-Selections from

19

6.54 6.22

Gilbert & Sullivan.

20

0.53 6.22

Iolanthe -Vocal Gems,

21

6.52 6.29

Columbia Light Opera Co. (DX17).

22

6.51 6.23

The Pirates of Penzance-Vocal Gems,

Columbia

23

Light Opera Co. (9622).

24

25

6.60 6.29 6.49 6.24 6.49 0.24

Gondoliers--Vocal Game,

26

6.48 0.25

Light Opera Co.. (C1788). Tho Yeomen of the Guard-..

Vocal Gems,

27

6.47 6.26

Light Opera Co. (C1807).

28 29

6.47 6.26

6.46 6.27

PRICE $1.00.

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and at the Publishers

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Bringing Up Father.

MAGGIE! "THINK I'LL RUN Dewin TO THE CLUB

LATER TO-NIGHT- IS IT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU?

8 p.m.-Local Time.. 8.03-11 p.m.-Chinese

medical atention. He needs

all the even less of medicine itself.

Regular Routine.

LESSON-SERMON.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hong Kong.

"Spirit" was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,

February 7.

"He guarda his daily diet almost sacredly, but does not confine him- self to any particular type of food. I think it is his regular routine of living which aids him most.

"Everything he does is regulated like a clock. He rises at a set time every morning, and is never a minute before or behind that time. The time for work, play, relaxation and retirement is set out beforehand, and rigidly adhered to. "He has followed this custom for years, and is now reaping the inevit able reward."

The Golden Text was:-"We

"Medical Marvel," have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of Dr. Fogarty characterised the God; that we might know the multi-milHonaire as a "virtual scien- things that are freely given to us tific and medical marvel." of God." (1 Cor. 2; 12)

Mr. Rockefeller still plays his Among the citations which com- nine holes of golf every day, and be- prised the Lesson-Sermon was the comes as exuberant as a juvenile follwing from the Bible:-"The when he makes a particularly good He Spirit of God hath made me, and shot or betters his own record. the breath of the Almighty hath enjoys his daily motor-car drive, and given me life? (Job 33; 4.) usually retires to bed feeling he has

The Lesson-Sermon also inclad-lived every hour of the day. ed the following passage from Now that all his business inter- the Christian Science textbook, ests have been placed in the capable "Science and Health, with Key. to hands of his son, John D. jun., he the Scriptures," by Mary Baker takes but little interest in the com- Eddy: The Science of being re-mercial world, but he is said to have veals man as perfect, even as the followed with anxiety the trend of Father is perfect, because the the present world economic depres- Soul, or Mind, of the spiritual mansion.

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FIVE-YEAR-OLD SMOKER

He Started When He Was Only Two.

years old and has been smoking cigarettes since his second year.

His father has tried every means to break him for the habit, and has given it up as a bad job.

In spite of his smoking, the boy was found to be stronger than most children of his age, and in school where he started this year, he is. said to be unusually bright.

Kosta lives in Southbridge, Mas

is God, the divine Principle of all The world hears little to-day of being, and because this real man this man, who has given something Kosta S. Conta is an inveterate Propean programmes are kindly sup-is governed by Soul instead of more than £100,000,000 of his vast smoker. He cannot sleep at night His charitable unless he has had his evening puff.' plied by the Anderson Music Co., sense, by the law of Spirit, not by fortune to charity.

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11 p.m.-Close Down.

WELL-THERES NO LOW- BROW AFFAIR THAT YOU LIKE TO GO TO

SCHEDULED FOR

TO-NIGHT-50 I'M PRETTY SURE YOU WILL GO TO THE CLUB-YOU MAY GO

LITTLE DOES SHE - KNOW THAT CLANCY'S ANNUAL DANCE AN' CHOWDER PARTY 19 GOIN' TO BE HELD TO-NIGHT-AN' WILL

I BE THERE? WELL-

WE WISH TO ANNOUCE THAT TO-NIGHT IS. CLANCYS ANNUAL

WDER PARTY AMONG THOSE TO BE PRESENT WILL BE UINTX MOORE-TS BOZARO F FOXPHOR MURPHAERELE

are

WHAT'S COME OVER, YOU? WHY ALL THE]

NOISE AND WHY DID YOU CLOSE THE WINDOW?

OH-DO-DE

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Donations and Subscriptions must

now be sent to the Hon. Treasurer,

Mrs. H. E. Goldsmith, 525, The Peak.

HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

1951.