1937-02-15 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 15, 1937.

Tea-Dance Music

From The

Hong Kong Hotel

Page

Violin Solos By

Today's Wireless AESID

1230-2:15 pm-European programme. 12.30-Maurice Winnick and His Or-1

chestra.

1.00 Local: Time Signal and Weather Report.

1.03 Songs by Malcolm McEachern

(bass).

1.18 Renee Chemet (violin). 1.30-Reuter Press; Local: Weather forecast, time and announcements. 1.40-Variety.

2.15-Close Down

•ZEK 640

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.e's k.c's

Regimental Band of H. M..

Grenadier Guards. Under the Banner of Victory (von

Bion), El Abanico (Javeloyes, arr. Hume). Grand Massed Brass Bands. 7.15 p.m.-Raie da Costa Memories.

Waltz Romantique. "Words and Music" Medley. True

8.25-8 p.m.-European programme. 3.25-A running commentary by Frank V. Read of the Soccer football match between the Shanghai Football As-730 sociation and Combined Services -Teams. Relayed from the Sookun-

poo Ground.

.5 p.m.-A Relay of Dance Music from the-Boof-Garden of the Hong Kong

Hotel

6.30 pm-Welsh -Songs.

David of the White Rock,

The little thatched cottage (arr. Os-

borne Roberts)

Y Delyn Aur.

A thousand goodnights.

p.m.--Closing local Stock Quote- tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report.

7.35 pm-Concerto in F Major for Piano and Orchestra (George Gersh- win), played by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Roy Bargy at the Piano

1st Movement Allegro.

Instrumental-

-Elsie Suddaby. |

The Wedding of the rose (Jessel, arr.

Willoughby)

H. Squire Celeste Octet. Tenor Solos

Morgen (B. Strauss),

Orchestra

Efrem Zam

Flanagan and Allen.

"Happy Memories Selection.

Vocal—

New Mayfair Orchestra,

Fantasy from Film

To-day I am happy.

Orchestra-

Rosetta,

Lilian Harvey (Sopra

The Winter Waltz

10 pm-London Big Ben

Dance. Music

Songs my mother taught me

(Dvorak)

Dino Borgioli.

Violin Solo

Madrigale

Fox-Trot

betti).

Yvonne Curti

Tenor Solo-

A rendezvous with a Waltz-

Delilah

A Brown Bird Singing (Royden Bar-Fox-Trot

rie-Haydon Wood).

Orchestral-

Richard Tauber.

Waldeslust (arr. Schlesinger), Wiener Prater Leben (Translateur), Columbia Salon Orchestra.

2nd Movement-Andante con moto. 8.38 p.m.-Aldershot Command Search Finale Allegro con brio.

Leila Megane (Contralto). 8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal,

Rhondda Welsh Report and Announcements. Glee Singers. 8.03 A Selay from the Ko

Theatre (Chinese).

Dear Wales,

light Tattoo, 1936. Play by the Mass Band of the Al- Weathdershot and hastern Commands.

An- 8.55pm-London-News and Shing

nouncements.”~~

programme

The Village Spring (arr. Osborne 11 M. -Close Down

Roberts).

Leila Megane 8.05-11. m.-European

(Contralto). from ZEK, on a frequency of 640

kilocycles.

6.50---Military Band Selections. The Black Domino

· Overture (Auber, arr. Winterbottom) B.B.C. Wireless Military Band.

Washington Post (Sousa),

Stars and Stripes for ever (Sousa).

Band of H M. Welsh Guards.

Silver Trumpets---

8.05 p.m-A Light Concert. Pianoforte Solos--

Mazurka in A Flat Major, Op. 59,

No. 2 (Chopin), Mazurke in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2

(Chopin),

Grand Processional March (Viviani, Sovrano Solo

arr. Godfrey).

BRIDGE NOTES

Ignace Jan Paderewski

The Almond -Tree (Schumann)

19:15 p.m.-Violin Solos by Efrem Zim-

balist

Burlesca (Suk).

Persian Song (Glinka).

After Sundown (Scott).

The Zephyr (Jeno Hubay)."

9.25 p.m. Variety.

Piano Buets-

"King of Burlesque" Medley, "Three Hit Medley..

Jack Wilson and Jimmy Leach.

Humorous-

Diggin of"les.

Is it true what they say about Dixie? Rhythm saved the world:

Til bet you tell that to all the

On the Beach at Bali-Bali

Waltz-

The Duck Song.

I'm satisfied: :

Fox-Trot

Sump'n àbout rhythm.

Fm nuts on screwy music.

I laughed so hard I nearly died Ramba

You've got the wrong Rhumba. Farewell, sweet Senorita.

Waltz

Raisins and Almonds.

Fox-Trot-HUN BA

-Fou hit the spots.

Everything stops for tea.

All my life.

Fox-Trot-

Laughing Irish eyes. Waltz-

Friends.

11 pm-Close Down.

By ELY CULBERTSON What's On At the Cinemas

Cruelty To A Hand

Dear Culbertson:

ents.

defensive tactics.

"East, dealer.

"Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

SA 43

H72

DK 10 9 7 6 5 4 2

AT THE KING'S "Tarzan Escapes", riotous story and a number of songs, with Johany Weissmaller and Man-makes this a great show. reen O'Sullivan, The, latest primeval adventure romance based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs characters.

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A Chinese

COMING PICTURES

Theatre.

A

Prize play. The story of a woman who lived for the strongest love ever

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could double when he himself had “My steadfast devotion to my the A Q8. North-south, of course, cause, the Prevention of Cruelty to could have spread the hand for five. AT THE QUEEN'S "Charlie Chan with Warner Bridge Hands, surprises even my diamonds, but with North virtually at the Race Track

"Gold Diggers of 1937", with Dick" self, who always has entertained the tongue tied, there was nothing for land, Keye Lake, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck and Gavin Muir. An- highest-possible regard for my tal-South to do about it.

other typical Chan mystery, but one Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor, Moore,

Glenda Farrell and Lee Dixon. "North opened the seven of dia of the best.

happy melange. The signing of a "The hand 1-am sending herewith monds, dummy finessed, and de-

AT THE ALHAMBRA →→That Girt million dollar insurance policy and the is a lallapalooss Mangled though clarer got rid of two losing spades. From Paris" with Lily Pons, Jack medical examination are a sure cure it was in both the bidding and the Then dummy's low trump was led. Oakie, and Gene Raymond. A lively for the blues Coming to the King's defensive play by the North and South ducked and won the next heart part musical with plenty of good fun.

“Dimples", with Shirley Temple, South players in a commuter's-game lead. Declarer ruffed the king of last evening, it presents an interest-spades return, picked up South's AT THE MAJESTIC Earthworm Frank Morgan and Helen Westley. dances and minstrelsy, ing and little-known point of bid-trump, and led to the club king. Tractor," with Joe E. Brown, June With songs,

Travis and Guy Kibbee. Joe E Shirley Temple scores her greatest Coming to ding, and an opportunity for shrewd South won, but never could make Brown, super-super salesman, on a triumph in this picture

more than his one trump and two runaway tractor of huge proportions the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres. club tricks. T

furnishes the funniest film he has ever done. If you cannot laugh at this,

Rosalind "Craig's Wife" with "Of course, the defenders could then a good dose of Gloomy Sunday is Russell and John Boles. The Pulitzer have taken two spade tricks on the the only remedy. opening lead, but I do not think North should be severely criticised AT THE ORIENTAL Swing conceived and makes you hate her as Ginger you never hated a screen player before. for choosing to open diamonds. The Time", with Fred Astaire,

Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Coming to the King's Theatre. real opportunity for defence was Eric Blore and Betty Furness. Fred given to South later on

"After watching declarer gorge two spades on the ace and queen of diamonds (thereby placing North with an eight card suït) South should have had an absolute- ly perfect count on both concealed hands. North could not possibly have a club, since one would be his limit on the bidding and, with it, he certainly would have led it rather than a diamond. Declarer, then, had five clubs and (from his per sistence in rehidding hearts) six hearts in addition to the two spades already shown. Therefore South should have leaped on dummy's, low trump lead with the ace and return- [final bid] ed a club while North still had a "You should write an article (or trump with which to ruff, After book), chief, on correct rescuing that nothing could have prevented North's only bid was a fine example South from taking his ace and queen

sheer cowardice. How he could of clubs for a; xpect South to realize that he held "Do you think I'm to

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WEST S$5

HQ J 10 9 8.3

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CJ 9 87 4

SOUTE

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2 clubs Double

spade

Pass

Pass

2 diamo da 2 hearts Pass

2 no trump Pass

3 hearts Pass

3 no trump Pass 4 hearts -

eight card suit and an outside a mere

ace I really can't say. Obviously,

Answer

Astaire and Ginger Rogers are right "Pennies. From Heaven with Bing dis-back in their "Top Hat form in this Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows The gayest wholly delightful show; in fact, it is a and Louis Armstrong. moot point whether "Swing Time" is fun-show of the new season not their finest teamwork thus far. Eric Blere comes in to add smiles to those produced by Astaire's breezy

trick defert.

the but

perfectly

working (with

the cause you

he should have shown that it wasn't average intélligence of

a desperation rescue by bidding you suit.

three diamonds. I also think that a dozen like you Bast should have bid two spades in out emolument!):

stead of passing over two diamonds. mentioned: Prevention of Cruelty He hardly could hope that Westto Bridge Hands.

mannerisms.

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"The Girl on the Front Page"-with Edmund Lowe, Reginald Owen, Gloria Stuart and David Oliver. A society girl by her debutante doings crashes AT THE STAR-"Sing, Baby, Sing the front page of the paper, she owns, with Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gre-but fails to impress the new editor. gory Ratoff, Ted Healy, Patsy Kelly The quarrel produces amusing situa and Michael Whalen. An astonishing tions and grand dialogue. Coming to number of famous comedians, a widly the Queen's..

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