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ANOTHER MARCUS UITERARY NOTES

SUCCESS

Broadway Merry-Go- Round Well Received.

SPARKLING & WELL-BALANCED ENTERTAINMENT

The Greater Marcus Show at-

tained another success yesterday

NOVEL TELLS / STORY OF

CHINESE BOY

High Class Book

For Children,

SYMPATHETIC PORTRAYAL

when it entered on its second Young Fu of the upper Yangtze, by week's run in Hong Kong yester- day with a complete change of programme entitled "The Broad- way Merry-go-Round."

This first-class entertainment was enthusiastically received by an ap- preciative audience.

Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. Phi- ladelphia: The John C. Win- ston Co. 280 pp. 44 illustrations

by Kurt Wiese. Price U. S $2.50.

con.

The story of Young Fa by Mrs. Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, who has The many scenes were exceeding spent many years In China. ly well staged, the most outstanding.tinues the current American liter- Į perhaps, being "The Pirates", scene.ary tradition with respect to that in which the "Bounding Ali Babas" country. Fu, the hero of the tale thrilled their public with an extra-enters upon an apprenticeship to a ordinary

exhibition

of acrobatic master coppersmith in Chungking From that point his adventures be

talent.

The lighting effects greatly added gin. to the artistic tone of the pro- In rapid succession follow his gramme, while the stage effects mishaps and experiences with sol were very cleverly executed.

diers, beggars, bandits, communists

Not the least successful item on and oplum smugglers interspersed | the programme was the very fine with natural calamities such as fre performance of the orchestra which and flood,

helped the evening to go through Lucky Fu has a knack of winning with a swing. The audience was friends. There is Wang the Scho- delighted by the very modern effects lar who teachers him to read and produced by Hershey Surkin on the write, the foreign missionary whose

drums.

trade he wins for his master, and Of the dancers Leon Miller was finally the childless master copper- outstanding, his versatility of style smith himself who plans to adopt being something new to the public Fu as his son and heir. of Hong Kong.

In regular Horatio Alger style The

WEB programme

well Young Fu, the penniless country balanced, the feast of dancing and lad, makes good in the great

city

comedy being Interspersed with and at the end of the story is well

well received.

THE CHINA-MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1934. As Pond and Sabelli Took Air Road to Rome

Cesare Sabelli (left) and George Pond are pictured in front of their Bellance monoplane, "Leonardo da Vinci," a few moments before they took off from Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, on their unsuccessful non-stop flight to Rome. Above the plane is shown as it left the runway with next stop the Eternal City,

AN INDIAN JUDGE'S TRAGEDY

STARVATION IN RUSSIA

Rules Continuous and Universal.

news-

FIFTY YEARS OF SEA CHANGE Romantic Reminiscences Of A Skipper

WITH SAIL AND STEAM

Fifty Thrilling Years at Sea. Ey

KITCHEN GARDEN IN A WARSHIP.

Pleasant Tales of The Turkish Navy

An Eastern Chequerboard. By Sir Harry Luke. (Lovat Dickson. 12 64).

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Capt. G. J. Whitfield, (Hutchin-kish navy in its unregenerate days.

Some pleasant tales of the Tur san. 18).

Capt. Whitfield is the Commander Governor of Malta, who writes des- are here told by the Lieutenant- of the RM.S. Arundel Castle; he criptively and historically of many occupies a luxurious four-roomed quarters of the Near East.

gents.

suite, and, as his vessel carries 297,- 000 gallons of fresh water for a 17 ordered at very short notice to de

On one occasion a warship was day journey, he can give himself monstrate against certain insur a daily tub and have no qualmai about it. Nearly fifty years ago. when he first went to sea in a wind-1 Jammer, he had to exist for months! on end on three quarts of water daily for all purposes, and had LO share with five other apprentices a dank, dark bole no larger than his present bathroom. That is Ro- marice,

"'Start in half an hour,' said someone at the Ministry of Mar ine to the Commanding Officer.

***Pardon, Excellency, we can

not.'

"Fellow, why not? "Excellency, there is no

der."

rud-

This book is full of romance, and rudder shall be sent on by post." "'Imbecile, start at once; the it is obvious that the author has Most amusing of all in the story of enjoyed the writing as much as hisa Eritish admiral who was reorgan audience will enjoy the reading.ising the Ottoman navy, and went which is saying a good deal.

The romance la retrospective-it moored to the mud-flats of the Gold- to inspect a battleship which was was not to be seen when the episoden Horn. Everything was beauti- des occurred. Mutiny and disaster, fully polished up for his visit, and barratry and broken limbs, round- he appeared greatly impressed by

on deck. When he

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Remarkable Book From

trappings of modernity are there:1ng the Horn and furling the sals what he saw luxury hotels and Rolls-Royces and on the lurching heights of the yards wanted to go below, the captain

-Ahese things need the haze Anonymous Pen,

ballet girls; free love and birth

of tried hard to dissuade him. FOOD ONLY THING MISSING [control; aeroplanes and

years to make them romantic, but| they are fine to read about. VOLUME OF LETTERS

papers and secret police. There Winter in Moscow. By Malcolm is just one thing missing, and that

Nightmare Voyage. "Letters of an Indian Judge to

Muggeridge. (Eyre and Spot is a sufficiency of food.

A mightmare voyage round the Liswoode. 78. 6d). an English Gentlewoman."

"I went to see "Uncle Vanya' the world with a mad akipper, who tried Mr. Malcolm (Lovat Dickson. 8s. 6d.)

"But the admiral was not to be deterred, and the Turk, cour teously but with fading smile, led the way to a flourishing kitchen. garden."

HUGH WALPOLE TO WRITE AGAIN

Mr. Hugh Walpole, who recently to the

Muggeridge acted other day," says one of the Mr. to wreck his ship, fell to Capt So long had the ship remained at items of appeal to those who prefer on his way to fame and fortune. A remarkable story concern- for eight months as a newspaper Muggeridge's Russians, "and Whitfield's lot at the age of 21. The her moorings that the bottom had a little seriousness brought into But the story itself is sustained ing the murder of a Governor in correspondent in Moscow. What wondered what they were all bother-culminating point of horror came rotted away and mud had filtered their entertainment, A rendering at a high level with no let down of India is told in this book. The ever may have been the mood in ing about, since they'd got plenty when the ship, with 30 tons of ex- through, making a bed of soll on of the prologue to "Pagliacchi" was interest. Yet the plot is simple and author is anonymous though which he went, he came away in a to cat." Starvation, as continuous plosive in the hold, caught fire which tomatoes, cucumbers, and there is no undue straining after the first of the letters is signed tearing passion. He had been fed and universal as it is bere describ-thousand miles from land. pumpkins were growing in abun- effects.

"Arvind Nehra" but the pub with every sort of information and ed. reduces every other political or To Capt. Whitfield belongs

dance. the LOCAL NEWS It strikes the authentic note of lishers atate fn a preliminary demonstration; but the one fact economic issue to insignificance. distinction of having taken the first high class juvenile literature and note that they have satisfied which eclipsed everything else in Heavy fidustry is an Insult to de-troops over to France in 1914 and BREVITIES

no doubt is now well on its way to themselves that the letters are his eyes WES that the common solated agriulture. The visitors, of bringing home the last fighters becoming a classic in that field. This | genuine.

people were starving.

the officials, the newspapermen, all-from Archangel, For stealing a radiator cap from latter surmise is already attested to In one of the last of these the His book, then, dramatises Soviet the privileged classes who buy their It was found, when the old Con private car No. 2318, belonging to by the action of the Children's Li-writer. an Indian who, after re-Russin against a background of requirements with gold, are an im-temptibles were taken aboard at returned from a voyage Mr. Tipple of No. 7 Jordan Road. brarians Section of the American sidence in England and education starvation. It is like a fim, direct pertinence among so much tragedy. Southampton, that several of the West Indies, is giving us another Cheung Kwal, a 55-year-old unem-Library Association which award at Cambridge, returned to be-led at headlong speed, carrying all Mr. Muggeridge makes no pro-ammunition and transport Jorries novel in the autumn. It is quite ployed was sentenced to two months"ed to Mrs. Lewis in October, 1933, come a Government official in his kinds of characters through all phecies: he is content to record were too large to go down the hat apart from his Herries series, and hard labour by Mr. E. I. Wynne the John Newburry Medal "for the own country, relates how he was kinds of scenes; but always the things as he sees them. The system, chus, so the Transport Officer sent (( a self-contained story. Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy most distinguished contribution to leaving the Round Table Confer- background is full of peasants beg-which once derived a certain vituak wire: "Hatches too small to take this morning.

American literature for children" jence in London one evening when ging for food.

lity from the principle of class wagons. What shall I do?" Mr. Mrs. Lewis by her sympathetic he saw a poster. "Governor of He shows us the foreign visitors, hatred, is now held together only by Winston Churchill wired back three surprising to landsmen,, "During Li Hol, an 18-year-old unemploy-portrayal of Chinese customs, char- the Northern Provinces Assas- from Fabien peers to American, ne the solidarity of the speculators and words: "Cut the hatches!" my long sed career." he writes, "I ed who was caught by Mr. G. Gairi- seters and problems has done much sinated."

gresses, gushing over the propagan opportunists who have obtained con- loff, a University student, on Satur- toward making a host of friends for

"Borrified as you may ima-dist set-pieces.

Discussing the division of wat have never met anyone who could He shows us the trol. It inspires no faith day morning at No. 4 United Ter-China. Even the ocensiona) revela.

gine, I bought a paper, and newspaper correspondents sickened ever.

whatches aboard ship the author makes explain how these two-hour watches race, Ho Man Tin, was sentenced to tion of some "ugly custom," which

learn it is my own

a confession which will be rather came to be called dog-watches.”" son, my with propaganda and sustained by two months' hard labour by Mr. E. may be condemned by a few short-

first-born son Arvind, who has an undying quest for news. 1. Wynne Jones at the Kowloon sighted Chinese critics, only serven

done this thing. He has an-Ishows us the legions of Jews who by contrast to accentuate the vir

nounced that it is for India's run the machine without believing tues of this long enduring race.

freedom he has struck a blow in it, terrified, disillusioned, mu Sentence of one month's hard

He lies, I hear, in the hospital tually loyal but individually hating Though the story of Young Fu labour was imposed on Chiu Chan. by Mrs. Lewis is classed as a juve-

because he has also tried to the whole imposture. unemployed, by Mr. E. W. Hamilton nile. it may be read with Interest

shoot himself.”

All these intellectuals and phi.. at the Central Magistracy this and profit by older persons

Tragic Chapter.

stines, idealists morning, for the theft of a dress have not lost their capacity for un-once returned to India, arriving relevance to the one thing which and parasites~~~ The judge describes how he at play their parts with a superb ir cont, the property of Dr. Lam Slu-derstanding and appreciating the in Bombay and hurrying to the really matters, which is hunger. chan, from No. 6 Babington Path aspirations, the ebullitions and the bedside of his son, in a hospital Hunger reappears in each of his process of character building in the up country. The Senior Police Indorescent.

Officer in charge turns out to be There are power-stations and trae- many glimpse of Russlan life an old acquaintance of the Judge, and says to him "It is a terrible tors and concrete dams: there thing for you. The best thing ties; there are clinics and creches

graphs and percentages and stotis that con hapen to the boy

and abortion centres; but there is now.

"He did not finish what he no food for the people. All the was going to say, but I know very well what it is, and that] he means it would be best for my son that he does not re- cover, but dies."

Magistracy this morning.

yesterday.

With a complement of about 1,- 200 aboard her, the United States transport Choumont arrived in Hong Kong on Saturday from Manila. Of this total about 400 ! comprise sailors, while the remain- der are officers and men of the United States Marines stationed at Manila, Some are returning to the States on leave.

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WISE-CRACKS IN

WASHINGTON

Outspoken Book By Anonymous Author.

who

"The New Dealers," published

A fine of $30, in default three in New York, will be published in weeks' hard labour, was imposed Britain.

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Afterwards the Judge is told; that his son will recover. The

on Yee Chak-fong, an employee of The book, which is having Head Superintendent of the hos- the Kwong Shing Printing Shop, great success in America, is

pital (his name appears in the

WOOD AND IRON IN AFRICA.

Diary Of A Coffee Planter.

Are

and Iron:" A Story of Africa, written in memory of H.U.C.

8. (Hutchinson.

No. 43 Des Voeux Road, Central, frank and intimate picture of book) is also a former friend. by Mr. Q. A. A. MacFadyen at the Washington politics. It is a tissue He gives the Judge some tablets "Wood Central Police Court this morning of wise-cracks and is written with for his sleeplessness, warning for stealing printing press metal jobvious inside knowledge.

him that to take more than two from the shop.

The author signe himself "The would be fatal. Unofficial Observer." The pseu- It does not at first dawn on the

ба.)

Wood, in a native song; in the

(man; the one white and fine. the "It is not until this evening other strong and dark. They

The 8.8. Empress of Aela arrived (donym hides the identity of a Judge to what use he can put the white maan and iron the black at Shanghai yesterday at 3.30 p.m. young and brilliant Washington tablets. and left at 11.30 p.m. She is due{politician, who has dabbled in Il- at Nagasaki to-morrow at 7 am..terature before now. leaving at 4 p.m. She leaves Kobe He is a supporter of Franklin nt,3 p.m. on Thursday, and Yoko-Roosevelt whose contribution to hama on Saturday at 3 p.m.

the New Deal is characterised as "hope,, action and self-respect, the The 8. Empress of Canada|holy trinity of polítical progreBB.” arrived at Kobe at 8.80 a.m. yester- He is not so kind of the other day and left for Shanghai at 6 p.m. [members of the Roosevelt. Admin She is due at Shanghai at 5 p.m.istration. to-morrow, and leaves at 1:30 pm, Puling House In Oeder. on Wednesday for Hong Kong, and The two best chapters are head"[back." -- will arrive here on Friday,

ARTS EXHIBITION

it came to me in a flash and are brothers, so the chant goes was made clear that all the on to say, and John Thornton, Colonel Sahib could do for me the central figure of this curious- under these circumstances hely attractive book with its cun- had already done, putting aning sepse of atmosphere. cer weapon into my hand."

tainly feels a kinship with the In his next letter he writes. Africans and a deep absorbing "My son has died in his sleep love for Africa. quietly and without pain."

His story. purporting to be culled from his diary by an adoring mother after his death

ed "Sopa To. Cerberus" and "Fal-} The Fallon Angels include Mr, in the war, tells of a highly sen-| len Angels."

"Barney" Baruch, described as "sitive, introspective young man The Sops to Cerberus are the political amphibian, at home in who goes out alone to run

big Sexagenarian figureheads whom both elements but unable to live coffee plantation, and finds him-|- the President has had to include permanently in either." Mr. Al self at once drawn into the secret An interesting arts exhibition is include in his administration to Smith, and Colonel House.

fascinations of Africa. A pretty now being held at the Sincere Com-plṣents his' Party,

The picture of the mysterious girl who would gladly have Dany's roof garden by students of Among them are Mr. Jack Gar- 76-year-old colonel sitting alone in taken charge of his life follows the Lai Ching Arts College, of Leigh-per, the Vice-President, the Secre- his fat in East 70th Street, and him out, but she is allen, he dis- ton-Hill-Road and many well-known tary of the Navy Mr. Swanson, still thinking that he runs the covers, to his nature and to the Chinese artists. It Includes many and Mr. Cordell Hull.

President, is recommended to those half-personified - passion that

scrolls and paintings, needle-work, "The last named is described as of our politicians who have be- now holds him in thrall........ and embroidery, The exhibition, “a gaunt firure with_downcast|lieved, mainly on his own assure. It is an admirable psychologi. which is open from 10 am to 9 eyes calculated to move one tolance, that the Colonel is the power cal study, with the strange dark p.m. daily, will be closed on Wednes- teams until ons remembers the sti« behind the throne in American glamour of Africa skilfully and day.

letto "protruding from -- Moley's politica,

hauntingly portrayed.

CAPSTAN.