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QUEEN'S THEATRE

THE OFFICIAL SYSTEM

BRITAIN'S

GIGANTIC

SWEET BILL

$50,000,000 Annually Spent.

Ever since the introduction of the United States like wild fire. 72,000 WORKERS EMPLOYED

Bweets,

too, are sent oversens

to

¡LOOSE MORALS AN EXCEPTION

contract bridge, its more progres- In this form of the game, there is London.

London. sive and more expert followers just enough luck remaining to make The Headmaster of Rugby, Mr.

Who cares about the sweet-shop The predominant round the corner? "The Nuisance," now showing at P. H. B. Lyon, is-as you might have attempted to make the sport the game spicy. the Queen's Theatre, features Lee jexpect a firm believer in the

International game. element of luck is wiped out for in more of an

Well, for one thing. e million .Tracy ав a fact-talking shyster public school system. He defend-

golf the course of the game one couple little boys and girls in Britain do. lawyer engaged in a racket of ob-ed the public schools against all The tennis language, the

They and their parent spend £50,- chess language orji, pitting Itself against the other taining bogus evid·nce for clients their critics in a speech to stu-language, the

000,000 every year in the 250,000 ,in accidents.

dents at the City of London the backgammon language is the couple and there are no favour sweet shops of the country. Thou- Madge Evans, as a feminine de Vacation Course.

But hitherte shown in desirable hands for each sand of pounds' worth of British lective. is sent out to trap him, but: These are some of the thingshame the world over. instead falls in love with him. he spoke about:

the language of the different plays the other's hands and there lodha, Africa, the Far East and They are married and she is jalled Snobbery. as a perjurer. The shyster Lawyer then cxerts all his powers and stops the traffic of the city by legal technicalities until she is released. The supporting cast includes as "the pro- Charles Butterworth fessional flopper" who throws him- self before motor-cars, Frank Morgan B

"quack" doctor, Virgina Cherrill and John Milton.

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"MY LIPS BETRAY"-- KING'S THEATRE

Harvey. Lillian

exotic screen actress, and John Boles, are fen- tured in the Fox musical fantasy, "My Lips Betray", now showing at the King's Theatre.

modifications of whist have not can be no alibi, "The Public schools arenly been diferent in different na- called exclusive, and are suptions but there have been dialects posed to encourage snobbery within the separate nations I do not believe this. We are getting

many of our colonies. The British For real students of the game sweet manufacturers employ 72,000 this affords wonderful opportunity workers at present. for definitely locating one's weak' Once a year the sweet manufac-* points. All championship games turers unite to give the British boys from homes For the past several years there are decided by this method. Dupli- Press an enormous lunch in the hope where anobbery is encouraged, has been

an attempt

to discard cate play naturally led up to the that they will tell the British public it is truc, but, as far as is pos-these dialects and to make a com- become so popular. In every com-

duplicate tournaments which have how the sweet trade is progressing, sible, that attitude is not only |

They give the Press cocktails and

not tolerated but is denounced mon world language. at the public schools. Fagging.

The origin munity from New York to Podunk caviare and make speeches at them. of the Official System of contract they have been institutionalized They give them cigars and old and jbrandy, and propose their health. Then they show that Presa sweets.

bridge was a strenuous effort along into local, state, sectional "For the ordinary boy the this line.

national tournaments. It did not accomplish: only fagging you get nowadays its object as Mr. Culbertson refus-

in school is not undesirable and is even rather enjoyable. Bullying.

Ordinary Hand

the

At the Chocolate and Confection-

The hand given below is an ary Exhibition at Olympia this year | ordinary hand, a type which is there are twenty-two 'tons of sweeta dealt quite frequently. However, displayed. One manufacturer alone

ed to join the group of experts who were putting over the system, but "As for bullying. this is more recently accord has been both the declarer and the defence is showing 2,000 different kinds of comparatively

the extent that Mr. have rare to-day reached to

to be careful in order to sweets and chocolates. expecially the bullying of a Culbertson includes certain bids of make the most possible out of the

Blue hand younger boy by an older one.the Official System in his The story, which is a sequel to But you do find some of the Book, making their use optional, "The Love Parade", in a romance younger boys bullying their while the Official System includes between Prince and

contemporaries. a pretty

Little boys a chapter on some of Mr. Culbert- vaudeville singer.

are great bulles, and this is son's bids which may be used by one of the things we try to the followers of the

Official Sys-8-9-6 stamp out

HONG KONG A Paper entitled

The Prince, who is a clever song |"SURVEYING & TOPOGRAPHICAL composer hears one of his songs by Lillian Harvey, the vaudeville SURVEYING"

singer, at a special royal perform- meel incognito and ance. They fall in love,

Their romance is nearly broken.) when, with the country on the verge Members and their friends are in- of bankrupter, the Queen demands i vited to be present.

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"KING KONG”—CENTRAL

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There were the "Conversation Lo- zenges" which supposedly went out of fashion with grandmother. These are little colitred sweets made of flour and sugar bearing sentimental inscriptions which may be handed to a friend of the opposite sex by an with admirer who is struck dumb

admiration.

Some of the inscriptions at the Exhibition were:

"Are you open for an offer!"

"You are my very taste." "My sweet girl."

Learn One System The assistant masters. and the work they have done. As a matter of fact, when together with certain ten-expert system of bidding is dencies in the outside world, thoroughly learned, it requires only are making our public schoolka few hours of study to become better places to-day then they familiar with the general workings, have ever been in the past. ol any other system. The bidding.

"To-day I believe it is the of an average hand is practically exception for a boy to come the same in any system, the funda- A non-vulnerable South seeing these aald that they were much in across bad influences in his mental differences lie in the bid-live probable tricks, is apt to open demand for Mothers' Meetings and school.

Character.

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no

"Can you take a hint?" "What is sweeter than honey 7" The manufacturer responsible for

make chocolates

of contract bridge. Unfortunately game in apades with such poor dis- have proved this year that they are great many former auction playtribution and risks a game in no just as ingenious as the sweet-mak- ers are loth to take the trouble to trump. learn hand valuation and continue their puction tactics and call it con- tract bridge.

It is now up to East to force LEGACY OF CHINESE

card be-

ding of extraordinary hands-the the bidding with one no trump. evening partics. Asked whether he game demand bids principally. The West passes and North responds sent many overseas, he said "No- "There Are difficulties of hand valuation of all the bidding) with two spades. a shaded bid. expect to Morocco." *course in public schools which systems are practically the same. South's hand is not strong enough, Apparently there in a steady ex- a new boy has to face, and in fact the OMetal System says in for three no trump but encourages port trade in these romantic fozen- believe that there should be its preface, that if you have lear-partner with a two no trump bid.gen to the coloured people of Nor- these difficulties. Character ised to value your hand by another West passes and North bids three thern Africa. formed by facing and over-system, do not make any change spades, protesting against

Well, they always said sheikhs coming difficulties, and I can when you take up their system. frump, and promising a five-card were sentimental, only claim that in our public-

The people who Hand valuation is the backbone spade suit. South can not see a¦ schools these difficulties are The possibility of an ape yeard-

not unreasonable, and they are not malicious or corrupt."

era. They have even evolved A LECTURE on "Humanity is ing for the companionship of a wo- man whose fragile, golden beauty

Modern Critics Scorned.

chocolate Christmas card. This has West Opens has stirred it to a never-before ex-

Mr. Lyon has nothing but

a winter rustic scens embossed in emotion of protective scorn for certain Utopian ideas.

West opens with the 16 of hearts. chocolate and the inscription "A Perienced

There is just nThis is a lead, by the way, which Merry Christmas neigbourhood SCHOOL, for GIRLS ciation of London, at the Theoso tenderness, is give a modern inter- He gave a witty, but biting, picmuch difference between auction is becoming more and more popu-you

from " And pretation in RKO-Radio Pictures Lure of the type of peblic school bridge and contract bridge as there

can add your own name by "King Kong." now at the Central which would develop if some!

lor-the ten led indicating scratching it on with a pin. If

higher honor. Declarer Lakes the There modern critics were able to turn is between croquet and golf.

were also chocolate Boy Fay Wray plays the girl whose

your bid does not give definite and their desires into facta.

triek with the jack. The jack of Scouts, chocolate hikers, chocolate champion, greatly to her dismay

reliable information to your part-pades is next led, East refuses to saws and spanners and "I confess," he said, "I do not

chocolate All interested are cordially invited, and terror, is a gigantle anthro-

believe in or

cover the first time but is forced to pign.-Reuter. I RUMJAHN,

pold, Afty feet tall and perhaps sibility

welcome the pos-ner, you are not playing contract. of the type of school

Duplicate Contract

take the second spade trick. seven million years old.

beloved of our waiters of For the past year or more dupla- "King Kong" captures Mise Wray in the jungle and, instead of Utopias, schools where we shall cate contract bridge has swept over out dummy's only entry

have

walke and quiet ¡destroying her as he does almost

streams, beautiful buildings in 'the entire group of explorers with

her life and perfect surroundings, where we! her, he preserves treats her with a clumsy sort of shall have soul-mates dawdling instinct and sweet reasonable king of diamonds is led. N and after the 11th instant the tenderness, despite the fact that down avenues, communing withness.

"I have no fondness for that

There is no object in declarer) which business of the above Cor. he could crush her between his Cach other, clad in beautiful

in vague atmosphere

hold-off as he will be forced to A collection poration will be carried on in the thumb and forefinger. Finally, in clothes, if any at all.

of Chinese "Schools where all is peace formal religion and compulsory

take the second lead. Old City Hall Building adjacent to the climax of the picture, he at-

Declarer quities is one of the items mention- The present Building.

tempts to devastate New York City and beauty, where every heart is work and games give place to a Entrance to the premine, will be in a misguided, blundering effort at case, every complex resolved, wooly spiritual atmosphere, the now recognizes the futility of try-led in the will of Sir Herbert Guy

and all examinations are ended, apotheosis of a super-Daltoning to esablish spades,

club Nevill Dering, late of the Diploma- where everyone will do what he plan, where compulsory games is led up to ace-queen and success tid Bervice, who died on May 29.

The jack of dia- Sir Herbert left his collection of likes when he likes, and is bril-will give place to voluntary Greek fully finessed.

Chinese anti-quities to his wife, re- liant at everything, where boys dancing, lute playing and perhaps monde in led and taken by West.

Declarar geta in on the next lead questing her to offer the more im will govern themselves by native I should add aeronautics; where

The declarer now portant, if she does not desire to "Continued at foot of next Column.) man does not have to earn his with a heart.

bread by the sweat of his brow, has five tricks and needs four more, keep them, to the South Kensing nor have to summon a stout The ace of hearts is led, hoping to ton Museum. Adapted from Tiffany Thayer's.

heart against disaster, nor face exhaust. East's hearts. Declarer Sir Herbert, who was 65, left sensational novel,

"Thirteen wrought in the lives of thirteen wo- disappointment and petty worry is left with a spade and a tenace in estate of the value of £80,987. He clubs and a tenace in diamonds. was second secretary in the British Women" is the current attraction men forms the theme of this with a sense of humour.

(gripping drama.

"As I see it, life is not going He throws the lead to East with the Lézation at Peking from 1899 to The production is an RKO Radio Irene Danne, Ricardo Corter, Jill to be like that, and, after all, we spade who is forced to lead up to 1002, and received the China medal picture and was directed by George Esmond and Myrna Loy are the are here to prepare boys for one of the tenaces. The contract and clasp for his part in the defence

is thus made. Archainbaud. Strange sorcery featured players."

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