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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1932.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY]|

ATTRACTIVE TAILORING

We beg to announce to our many ellents that

we have removed to 18, D'Aguilar Street, We have also just re- ceived a new assort. ment of

SUMMER SUITINGS.

WING HING CO. 18, D'Aguilar Street. Tel. 22417.

DENTISTS.

HARRY FONG, Dentist,

1st Boor, No. 74, Queen's Road

Central. Tel. 21255.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

ROUND HONGKONG'S

CINEMA THEATRES

| MAIL REVIEWERS.

"GENERAL CRACK.”

THE CHINA MAIL

PARIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong The finishing touch is adminis-Kong Broadcasting Station L.B.W. tered by turning the fan to blow on a wavelength of 855 matres [and holding it at a distance from

(848 KC.'s):—' the top of the back of the head. This gives the hair the light fluff that has long characterised Miss Carroll's appearance.

Treasure Hunt.

6.10-6.45 pm-A Concert,

6-8 p.m.-European Programme. Thrilling and spectacular

6-6.10 p.m.-Doctor Radio will scenes are witnessed in "General Crack" now showing at the Star

In "The Night Angel" Miss Car-give the last 2 Clues of the Radio Theatre, on its second run.

roll is seen as the fiery-tempered John Barrymore, that talented Yula, the daughter of an im- and polished actor, gives a con-poverished countess in Prague, gay vincing rendering of General Bohemian city. She earns her liv Crack, the son of a royal Prince ing as a cabaret entertainer. March and gypsy mother, who through is her lawyer-lover. his recklessness and daring wins

the crown of Belgium for the Emperor of Austria.

The story is full of action, ex-

LAU PAK-WAL, DENTIST, has reciting battle scenes, and is #

moved his Hong Kong Office

WOLHEIM'S FACE HIS FORTUNE.

"Purely accidental," says Louis Wolhelm.

"Inevitable, it couldn't have been

Piano Solo

Rococo (Palmgren), Le Petit ane Blanc (Ibert),

Benno Moiselvitch (E482). Song-

Afton Water (Burna), Annie Laurie,

Violin Solo

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED

IN CHINA MAIL.

Hong

Social Functšama. To-day---Tea Dances at Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant;] Dinner Dances at Hong Ko and Peninsula Hotels, and King's Restaurant.

To-morrow — Overseas League Concert, Helena May Institute, 9.15 p.m.

Entertainments. To-day King's "Delicious."

To-day Queen's

"Kept Husbands."!

Theatre:

Theatre;

་

To - day — Central Theatre:

Mary Garden (Soprano)Their Mad Moment."

(1480).

En Bateau (Boating) (Debussy), La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin

The Maiden with Flaxeh Hair) (Debussy-Hartmann),

Fritz Kreisler (1358).

to triumph of acting for Barrymore. GLOUCESTER BLDG., 1st floor, Fed- Marion Nixon, heads the female der St. (New Building next to Hong cast, while an outstanding role Kong Hotel). Telephone No. 20488 is given to Lowell Sherman. otherwise," said motion picture pro-

¡ducers.

They referred to the beginning of the career of the late Louis Wolheim who appears in his most impressive role in Radio Pictures' Song- spectacular all-talking railroad

TANG YUK, Dentist.

Successors to

the late SIEN TING,

14, U'Aguilar Street

TERMS VERT MODERATE

Consultation Free.

OFFICIAL SOURCES.

"DELICIOUS."

Romance was re-created with all drama, “Danger Lights" appearing ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS. tingling qualities at the King's

its pulse-accelerating and nerve-jon Sunday at the Queen's Theatre.

The actor, whose countenance is Theatre yesterday by Janet Gaynor best known for its hardboiled, yeti and Charles Farrell in their latest sympathetic appearance and its Fox melody

romance, "Delicions," crooked nose, was born in New in which their incomparable screen York. His early education was ob technique is given full opportunity tained in city schools. He studied for display.

mechanical engineering at the City It has been too long since this College of New York, Columbia reviewer was so completely charm-and Cornell Universities.

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HAIR DRESSERS.

LEE YEE,

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

OPTICIANS.

THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,

'Phone 22231.

To-day — Majestic "Fast Life.” '

Theatre;

Today Star "General Crack."

beatre:

Lammerts' Anction.

May 10-At Kowloon Naval [Depot, old and surplus Victualling stores, 9.30 a.m.

Home Malia. To-morrow-Inward from Ameri- ca (Pres. Jefferson); from Europe via Siberia (Shinyo Marui and Ranpura); Outward for Europe vis Siberia. (Empress of Japan), 10

Song-

The Garden of Allah (Marshall), Star of the East (Lahr),

Poter Dawson, Basi-Baritone (C1889).

The Nightingale and the Rose

(Rimsky-Korsakow),

Rosa Ponselle (Soprano) (1458). Piano Solos-

(a) Flirtations in a Chinese Garden,ja.m. (b) Rush Hour in Hong Kong

(Chasing), Impromptu in A Flat (Chopin),

Benne Moiseivitch (D1217). 6.45-7.10 p.m.-Concert Waltzes. Wine, Women and Song

(Johann Strauss),

Roses of the South (Johann Strauss),

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (D1452).

International Concert Orch. (C1402).

7.10-7.27 p.m.-

Bonata in A Flat, Op. 110

(Beethoven),

Played by Frederic Lamond: (Pianist) (D1565-6).

ed. This is due, chiefly, to the After leaving college with an en- wholesome, clean-witted, and effer-gineering degree, he returned to Sweetheart (Strauss), vescent gaiety that dominates the graduate school for a Ph.D., paying| Gipsy Lave. (Lehar). picture throughout. It fairly tingles his expenses by instructing in with the downright good humour of mathematics. life. And that the modern motion]

silent After appearing in many picture public appreciates and pictures, Wolheim turned to the reaches to such entertainment was stage for further laurels and ap made evider by the hearty res-peared with great success in the ponses of the pleased audience who leading roles of "The Hairy Ape," did not hesitate to show their ap-"What Price Glory," and others. preciation.

On the talking screen he was not "Delicious" is a romantic comedyjable in "All Quiet on the Western drama set to music. Its melodies-Front" before appearing in "Danger Chorus- and there are six of them—were] Lights." created especially for the produc tion by George Gershwin, whose popular songs, musical comedies, and serious compositions such as] Children's Boots "Rhapsody In Blue" and "Concerto

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Shoes from $2.68. Best styles, most completa stock

"THEIR MAD MOMENT.”

Delightfully Illustrating once old theory that love in F" have stamped him as Amer-contains more than a little touch of

again the age of all sizes. Repairing speciality.ica's leading modern composer. Ira madness along with its proverbial

Gershwin, his talented wrote the lyrics.

WONG SIU WOON

21, Pottinger St.

Phone 21474.

ALEXANDER

INSTITUT

DE BEAUTE

Phone 25169. Podder Building

(1st Floor)

Opposite Entramos to

Hong Kong Hotel.

Lustrous Of Permanent Hair Waves

which are Large, Soft and Natural,

Artistic Finger and Mares) Waves, O

brother, blindness, "Their Mad Moment," It is hard to choose between the Basque life and love featuring charming Fox Film's romance of songs, although the hit melody Warner Baxter and Dorothy Mac "Somebody From Somewhere," which Janet dings, is undoubtedly the Central Theatre to-day.

kaill, opens to enthral audiences at

one of the best.

In a role differing radically from his former successes, Warner Bax- ter rises beautifully to the demands How many "wind-blown" bobs speaking screen

placed upon him in bringing to the the fascinating are really wind-blown?

characterisation of a fiery Basque

"THE NIGHT ANGEL"

Well, one of the is. It's the flaming coiffure of Nancy Carroll

lover.

and it is to be seen in "The Night The story is the picture version

7.27-8 p.m.-Variety.

Humorous Song- I've Got "It”.

́· Land Bale, May 9 At P.W.D. offices, two lots of Crown land, 3 p.m.

Meetings.

+

To-day--Hong Kang General Chamber of Commerce, Messrs. Jarding Matheson's Boardroom, 4.15 [p.m..

To-day 8. P. C. A. Meeting, Messrs. Jardines Offices, 5.18 p.m.) May 18 Fifty-first ordinary meeting of Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.. Messrs. Jardine Matheson's Offices, NOOD.

THE OVER-SEAS LEAGUE CONCERT TO-MORROW.

Excellent entertainment is being The Revellers (21765). offered to patrons of the Overseas League Concert arranged to take place to-morrow evening.

Helen Kane (22475).

Dunky Stevedore,

Song-

Love Boat,

Charles King (Comedian) (21965).

If

An advance copy of the pro- gramme has come to hand, and it is Organ Solo--'

A Musical Trip Round the British to be regretted that this cannot be Isles....Reginald Foort (C2077).seen prior to the entertainment by Orchestral

all who enjoy concerts of this sort Drinking Songs,

Jack Hylton & His Orchestra If this were possible it would

(C2074).

assure the organizers of the enter- tainment that their efforts and 8 p.m.-Local Time.

work had not been in vain and that 8.03-10.30 p.m.-Chinese Record- they could look forward to having

a full auditorium. ed Programm E

10.30 p.m.-Close Down.

The programme covers the full| range of items that one expects at a variety concert at home, and as a

All Victor & H.M.V. Records in finale to each half of this a one-act | the above European programmes play is being presented. are kindly supplied by Messrs. S.

Camberley These plays, "The Moutrie & Co.

Triangle," a comedy, and "The Thread O' Scarlet,” a drama, are

Angel," which comes to the King's of Eleanor Mercein's widely-read of throwing away romance, is from the pens of A. A. Milne and Treatment, Shampooing, Hensa Fack Theatre on Sunday next-with Miss novel, "Basquerie," which was tormented by the thought of giving|J. J. Bell respectively, and any

CHARGES MODERATE.

A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU.

natural

for

a

(any colour), Hair Cutting and Mani-

doubts that may arise concerning cure for Ladies and Gentleman Con- Carroll and Fredric March in the adapted to the speaking screen by Baxter up forever.

Leon Gordon, noted dramatist who scientious, Artistle Work by Európánn leading rules.

She agrees to his plea that she the possibility of the plays not be- Expert, Mr. Alexander.

The method used in ob will be remembered for his sensa accompany him to his mountain ing well performed owing to the taining

"wind-blown" tional stage success, "White Cargo." farm, thinking the trip will be difficult situations arising in these trees

It deals first with the frivolous romantic interlude before her im- well-known works, are dispelled by the popular star was not excessively

complicat-set of pleasure seekers who haunt pending marriage. There follows the fact that of the two casts ed. It жав done with the the beaches, gambling easiness and dramatic twist in the story that number of the players are already aid of an ordinary electric fan by luxurious hotels of Southern Europe brings "Their Mad Moment" to a known locally as tried members of Fred Graf, hair-dresser at the Para- during the husband-hunting season. surprising climax.

the Amateur Dramatic Club. : It is while engaged in this never- mount New York studio.

Directors Hamilton MacFadden It is obvious that an amount of The switch that controls the ending search that Dorothy Mac and Chandler Sprague have shown hard work has been put in by the lateral movement of the fan is cut, kaill is attracted by Baxter, whom rare ability in their handling of committee of the local branch of so that there is a straight blast of she believes to be a penniless this drama. Nance O'Neil, as "La the Overseas League to ensure the Mere," Baxter's "grandmother and success of the entertainment, and, air. The fan is adjusted at half peasant.

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Bringing Up Father.

speed and Graf moves it slowly Ker engagement to & titled head of the clan, gives a splendid apart from giving their support to toward Nancy's face. When quite Englishman is announced soon performance, while Zasu Pitts is the said committee, all attending the close to the face the fan is given a thereafter by her scheming step-eeen to her usual fine advantage in concert will have the satisfaction sharp upward tilt so that the hair mother, who is mainly responsible an important character portrayal. of knowing that they are supporting over the brow is blown sharply for Dorothy's desire to make | Lawrence Grant. the elderly also a very fine British Institution.

As soon as the current is wealthy `match.

The entertainment commences at upwards.

But the girl, millionaire rival of Barter is cut off the hair is allowed to settle warned. by Zašu ↑ Pitte, In superb. Others in the cast why 9.15 p.m., and tickets can be had naturally and the result is a truly an excellently played role of of note are Nel Walker, Mery from the secretary of the League

pt the Helena May Institute. of the folly.

wind-blown bob.'

A close friend,

Leon Janney., v

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word pussla has been made by an expert dut our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetta spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)

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HORIZONTAL

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14-Help

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(abbr.)

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46-To spread isossly

for drying, sa fan 47-Augmente 46-dat

60-Thoroughfare 18-Boy's name (short) 52-Combining form. 19-Place of tablasarana - Nine ;- 20-Measure of lëngth="68-To gaze fixedly.

24-A

thoroughfare

my_(abbr.}

21-Boy'

name: (alb),) 25-8tasmahip (abbr.)

26-Penetrates

29-Ta move suddenly. '33-Greek god of war

33-Current

35-Twirl 34–Doctrines

26-Preposition 37-American poet?

-28-A, month (abby.);

VERTICAL

JWT

-Allow as a

deduction

VERTICAL (CON) S-Addres 10-Acts 13–Drunkards [13-Pack

116-Benda tha baad 22-To make basa |24-Abode of evli spirits

27-Short.sleep

25-Even (Feet): 29-Expire 30-Crimson

|12-Inefinan

13-To-make aeft

|16-fruit at the pine

25-Mors sorrowful. 16-Terment

17-Fondies

16–Mbeture, of fue

and water

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4-In mo, manROP

5-Doctor (abbr) 6-Extremely

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(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will asp to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word pusaka.)

WURRA-WURRA-MAGGIE HAS ALL THE DOORS TO THE ENGINE ROOM LOCKED SO I CAN'T GIT DOWN THERE AN I'VE GOT TO

TALK TO DAILON CLANCY

"OH" CLANCY)

ARE YOU

THERE?

CAPTAIN-I WANT YOU

TO STOP THE NACHT AS I WANTÂNSITO SEE THAT LIGHTED PHOUSE OVER THERE THE LITTLE DARLING – HAS NDJER SEEN

NOW-VMOSE

HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY:

Donations and Subscriptions are now

due and can be sent to the Honorary Treasurer, Mrs. Wynne Jones, 161,

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