1932-05-21 — Page 13

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1932.

ROUND THE

LET'S HAVE A SPRING CLEAN!

Ready For The Sunshine of

says.

Summer.

CAMP

FIRE

money that makes people untidy! about their homes. Many of them' are old or ill or have too much other work on theft shoulders, and though they would like to have their place in better order, they can't manage it without some kind of help from outside.

not

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

THE CHINA MAIL.

A particularly good work- man always seems to have, a particularly good job,

ENTERTAINING "'DOWN-AND-OUTS”

Rovers' Good Turs.

I

ROUND HONG KONG'S CINEMA THEATRES

OFFICIAL SOURCES.

"CUBAN LOVE SONG.”

soon

success.

"HINDLE WAKES."

There is nothing new under the

which fairly ripples with comedy, and melodies that everybody willj

be humming or whistling. Above all it is "different." Lawrence Tibbett, famous bari-

"Sunshine Susie,” a Gainsborough tone, never lacks an audience when Picture directed by Victor Saville, he sings in one of his roles at the has all the ingredients that go to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. And the making of a really popular A hundred and fifty "down-and-usually the audience is as famous Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell,

out" men were entertained the other), the Chief Scout, urges Scouts to well, that is where the Scouts week-end by

88 the world's greatest baritone Rover Scouta from spring-clean themselves, their

himself. Beckenham. All the men were homes and their towns in the cur-and Rovers come in!

"You will all be busy just now taken from the crypt of St. Martins- When he worked in "The Cuban rent issue of The Scout.

"That's the beauty of Spring," he with your carpentering and plumb-in-the-Fields, London, where free Love Song," new Metro-Goldwyn sun. The story of the poor man's There's so much cleaning ing repairs, with your scrubbing shelter, warmth and a pew to sleep Mayer romance of the tropics open-daughter and the rich man's son is going on everywhere. Bright green brushes and your paint in your on are provided nightly for de-

the Queen's one of the oldest in the world. Yet at Troop Headquarters; why

lag to-morrow stitute men.

its appeal is perennial. leaves, young and clean, are gleam.

On the Saturday night the men Theatre, Tibbett was continually the

This is, in brief, the story of ing on the dirty, old sodden spread your spring cleaning a bit branches of Winter; light dry soll further while you are about it, and were conducted in parties of fifty centre of an admiring group of "Hindle Wakes" which is coming to underfest in the lanes and paths in help some of the more helpless to an oid house in the Belvedere music lovers from other sets and the King's Theatre next Sunday, a place. of the Winter's mud. clear, people in your neighbourhood to Road which ie used as a hostel for trom the outside.

mill owner's son, amid the galeties the destitute. Here they were! clean sunlight after the fogs and make their homes tidler, and their

of a tumultuous, whirlwind Wakes). rain, birds that one never saw are gardens more ship-shape. By do given a supper of sandwiches, coffee Among them were. Pierre Mon Week at Blackpool. The discovery suddenly everywhere with their ing this Good Turn you will not and cakes and were entertained by taux director of the Paris Symphony of the young folk's escapade gives twittering and songs, flowers and only earn their thanks and grati

Sol and tude, but you will be helping them the Rover Scouts' concert party. An and one of the world's most famous Belle Chrystall and John Stuart colour where all

conductors; Mme. Montaux, Mrs. opportunities for some superb char- mouldy, crystal-clear rivulets in to feel happier and brighter and to additional and welcome gift was

take a greater pride in themselves surprise packet of cigarettes for A. G. De Mille, Clark Gable, Frances acterisations, of which they take

Leach man. place of muddy, swollen streams.

By 12.30 the supper Marion, Judith Vosselli, George full advantage. "Nature is having her Spring and in their surroundings.

parties were finished and prepara Hill, Buster Keaton, Robert Z. clean. And we, human people, are "Think what a lot just a scrub-Itions began

The work of Norman. McKinnel, for breakfast which Leonard and many others.

Mary Clare, Sybil Thorndike and following her lead, we clean up our bing brush and a pot of paint can were concluded by 2 a.m.

Lupe Velez plays the Cuban Edmund Gwenn, in the roles of the minds and our blood by getting out do in the hands of a willing Scout

At 6 o'clock on the Sunday morn-heroine, and a notable cast includes parents of the offending parties, into the open once more for who is keen to carry out the Scout

Marvellous camera camping and hiking: we clean up Law that A Scout is a friend to ling the first of the 150 arrived for Ernest Torrence, Jimmy Durante, is wonderful.

Each man breakfast.

was given Karen Morley, Louise Fazenda, Hale studies of a Cottonopolia town and Certain sausages and bacon and on leaving Hamilton, Mathilda Comont and of the delights of Blackpool's plea- "Of course, there Is a

a packet Phillip Cooper.

beach make truly British containing lunch and amount of expense about It in the he was served out with

backgrounds for the enactment of matter of paint and putty, brushes

this story of Lancashire life. and tools. But the cleaning up can cigarettes or tobacco. largely pay for these. You can get

our gardens, we sow seeds and all!" prune away rubbish; and we clean up our houses with scrubbing and make a "brighter paint, and so Britain" for the sunshine of Sum-

mer.

"Cleaned up in this way, we can't help taking some little pride in our selves and our homes.

some

"SUNSHINE SUSIE.”

The Rover Scouts said afterwards a good lot of money by collecting that they were amply repaid for

efforts by

Under its original title of "The the real old waste-paper and sorting it into their

of the men which, Private Secretary," this gay and sacks for paper mills to remake. gratitude

at times,

came sparkling musical comedy film en They joyed a tremendous continental

Old packing cases and add bits of although rough wood fetch a good price and find a sincerely from the heart. ready market when chopped up and were impressed by the dogged cheer-vogue, helped largely by the person- made into Arewood. There is a "ulness of those who had fallen on ality of the lovely Renate Muller, fortune in old tin pots if you flat-hard times.

ten them out and bale them.

"Just in the same way if I come to a village where the cottages are untidy with broken-down fences, refuse of old paper and tins, un- kempt cabbage patches, etc., I know that the inhabitants are a slovenly lot without any pride in themselves, "And, mind you, if you smarten "It doesn't matter how poor you up a number of dowdy houses in are, you can at least be clean and this way you smarten up the whole tidy. It doesn't cost you any more. village or town, you give an exam. "You can see this any day in a ple and others follow it-you village or slum where some of the gradually make a 'Brighter Brum- very poorest keep themselves and magem' of it, you give it a better their homes neat and respectable. reputation among outsiders, while "Of course, there are loads of you give better health and happi- cases where it is not only want of iness to the people living in it."

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one of the brightest and most ac complished of the stars of the German- stage.

"Sunshine Suate" which is now. showing at the King's Theatre has all the melodious airiness of musical comedy romances 'conceived after the Viennese manner. It is gay. It is tuneful. (Paul Abraham, of "Vikotla and the RusBar" fame la responsible for the music). It (has an engaging, clear-cut story

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DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

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as time ‚18-Unit.of work and

energy 20-Conjunction 21-Overdue and unpaid

debts

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28-A bundle

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The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in 'Monday's issued along with a new cross-word puzzle.)

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