1937-03-16 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 16,.1937.

Studio Recital

By Dina Notargiacomo

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.10 pm-European Programme.

12.30 p.m.Variety and Dance Music.

1 pm-Local: Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report..

1.03 p.m.-The Regimental Band of

H.M. Grenadier Guards.

1.25 p.m.-Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.

1.40 p.m.-A Relay of the Rotary Club Tiffin, Speech from the Roof-Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel

Dr. L Fabel, of Changsha, on "The Economic Development of Human and its Importance to Hong Kong.”

2.10 p.m.-Close down.

4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7-11.05 p.m.-European Programme.

7 p.m.-Marek Weber and His Orches-

tra.

Spring Song (Mendelssohn). Coeur Brise (Gillet).

At the Tchaikovsky Fountain--

Fantasia (Urbach). “Manon"-Fantasia (Massenet,

arr. Tavan).

The Music Comes 10. Straus). Song. of Paradise (King).

7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report.

7.35 pm-From the Studio.

A Recital for Two Pianos by H. L Ozorio and Pomping Vila (With Vocal Refrain).

1 Double Pianos-Shine.

2. Vocal-When did you leave

Heaven?

3. Double Pianos-Tormented.

4. Vocal-The way you look tonight.

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's ZEK 640 k.c ́s.

5.

Double Pianos-Organ Grinder's

Swing.

6. Vocal-Miracles sometimes

shappen.

7. Double Pianos--Selection, 8 p.m-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m-The London Piano-Accor-

deon Band.

Diddle-Dum-Dee.

Hawaiian Paradise, Dream Time.

Back in those old Kentucky days. 8.15 p.m.--From the Studio.

A Light Saxophone Recital by L. Palapo.

Concerto in E Minor by Jascha

:

1. Maestose.

2

Andante sostenuto.

3. Presto

Gurewich.

8.30 p.m.-German Music. Choral and Orchestral-

"Tannhauser" (Wagner)-Proces- sion of the Guests to Wartburg, State Opera Chorus and Orches-

Baritone Solos-

Songs-

Moritat,

Kanonensong (Kurt Weill and B.

Brecht) A Harald. Panizer. $55 p.m.-London News and An-

nouncements.

9.15 p.m.--From the Studio.

Dina Notargiacomo (Dramatic Soprano).

"La Gioconda" (Punchielli)——

Suicidio. "La Tosca" (Puccini)--Visi d'arte. Serenata (Mascagni).

9.30 p.m.-New Gramophone Records.

Concerto No. 1 for Harpsichord and Orchestra (Mozart); played by Mme. Marguerite Roesgen-Champion and Orchestre Symphonique (of Paris).

Part 1 Allegro. Part 2-Andante. Part Rondo.

Page

Wickham Steed

To Talk On

“World Affairs"

The Lotus Flower (Schumann), A Dream (Grieg),

Beniamino Gigli (Tenor). Overture "Portsmouth Point”

(Walton).

BBC Symphony

Orchestra.

The Lover and the Nightingale (Granados) Eileen Joyce

(pianoforte),

10 p.m.- London-Big Ben. "World Affairs." A talk by L. Wickham Steed

10.20 p.m. London Hall Marks" to- day you will hear the first perform- ance given by Henry Hall and his band on entering their sixth year with the B.B.C. Henry Hall will talk to you and introduce the various artists you have often heard per forming with his band. 11.05 pmClose down."

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE KING'S "China Clipper Lane and Humphrey Bogart. A thrill- -With Pat O'Brien, Beverley Roberts, ing drama of racketeers. Coming to Ross Alexander, Humphreys Bogart the Oriental Theatre. Die Ehre Gottes Aus Der Natur

* * (Beethoven), and Henry B. Walthall. A glamorous Die Beiden Grenadiere (Heine & romance of the air, marking 2 mile- "Satan Met A Lady" with Bette

Schumann)

Gerhard Husch. stone in the pictorial history of daring Davis, Warren William, Alison Skip- Contralto Solos-

American aviation,

worth, Arthur Treacher and Winifred The Young Nun (Craigher &

Shaw: A new thriller from the author AT THE ALHAMBRA—“The Man of "The Thin Man” which will keep The Trout (Schubert & Schubert), I Marry," with Doris Nolan, Michael you in laughter from start to finish, Hedge-Roses (Goethe & Schubert). Whalen, "Chic" Sale and Nigel Bruce coming to the King's.

A rollicking romantic comedy in which Doris Nolan, Universal's new-

Schubert),

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· “Avenging Waters" with Ken May-

By ELY CULBERTSON | est find, gives an outstanding pernard, Beth Marion and Ward Bond. A

Beware The Greeks!

formance.

*

roaring romance of the west packed with spine-thrilling advertz, Com AT THE MAJESTIC "Show Boating to the Alhambra with Helen Morgan, Charles Winnin-

ger Helen Westley and Paul Robeson.

Music, romance and drama are the "One In A Mion? Introduces love- main items in this picture, while the ly Sonja Henie, Queen of the Silvery I am passionately fond of statis-) with the ace, after which East re-smart dancing of Queenie Smith and Skates, for the first time to movie

Declarer was Sammy White are also featured.

|fans. -- In addition to the world's cham- tics, both vital and frivolous.turned a low club.

pion figure skater, the film includes

Among the numberless things that delighted with this lead; he had -AT THE ORIENTAL “Jungle Adolphe Menjou. Coming to the

*t seen.

*

AT THE STAR “Damaged Lives,” Queen's. from

a medical education film.

*

*

*

“Reunion."--When Dr. Luke brings AT THE QUEEN'S "College Holi-his 8,000th, baby into the world, his day, with several of the screen's out-youngsters decide on a reunion with the standing comedians supporting George Quints as centrepiece. Some astonish- Burns, Gracie Allen, Mary Boland and ing things happen as governors, film Martha Raye, who go through their stars, crooks and would-be divorcees paces in one continuous howl of descend on the little Canadian Hamlet. laughter.

I would like to know is this: How been wondering how to manoeuvre Princess, with Dorothy Lazour The Queen's. many times during a day is the so as to be able to finesse against story of a native girl in the heart of plaintive wail, I guessed wrong," the missing jack of clubs, and here a Malayan jungle who falls in love "White Hunter"--with Wayner Bar- uttered by contract players scatter was East "dropping the chance in with the first white man she had ever ter and Jane Lang in a thrilling story of two people amid the menace of ed over the face of the globe? And his lap."

savage passions. Coming to the my burning curiosity would next His dismay when the ten of clubs be directed to the question: Of was captured by the jack these "unfortunate guesses," how West's hand had to be seen to be many really were necessary? It appreciated. When he learned, as has been my own experience that he did almost immediately, that the the phrase is used about ten times jack could have been felled by the too often.

king play, he was not nearly so To-day's hand is just another in-pleased, but he comforted himself stance of a bad play that was gloss-somewhat with the announcement ed over by the declarer as "a bad that it had been "just a guess.”

His partner disagreed emphatic- guess."

ally, and was quite correct to do so, As he pointed out, East could not have been in a position where a club lead was forced. He had to have a card of exit. That he had chosen to lead a club was proof to the King's. positive that he did not fear a finesse in the suit against himself, that, on the contrary, the club lead bad been made to lure the declarer

This into a losing finesse.

was flawless reasoning.

East, dealer.

North-South vulnerable.

WEST

NORTH S.-6.5

H-J 8 6 5 3 2 D.-Q J·6-5 C.-9

S-9 8 4 H.-K 9 DK 10 43 2 C.—Q J 4.

EAST

S-K7 HA 10 ·7-4, D.AT C-8 6 5 3 2. SOUTH S-A Q J 10 3 2

D-98 C-AK-10 7

East, of course, could have exited with a heart or a diamond, but he realized that either of these plays eventually would force the declarer to lead clubs from his own hand. If West had the jack it must bel North blank at this stage and would drop.. TheartThe only way to avoid this would 3 hearts be to present declarer with the Pass 4 spades (final bid)

seemingly heaven sent opportunity: East's original bid was skimpy, of finessing. Obviously, if East The two and one-half outside tricks really had had the protected club hardly could compensate for his jack he would not have led the suit miserable club suit.

and the contract could not

The bidding:

East

1 club

Pass

South West Double Fass 2 spades Pass

West opened the club queen.; been made. Declarer won, and promptly. ruffed

have

TO-DAY'S QUESTION his low club in dummy. He then Question: Partner opened the took the spade fineren through East, bidding with three no trump. capturing the king, and ran off the Should I allow the bid to stand with entirezapade suit except for one the following: card. With six cards left in each S. Q 76432

hand he led a small diamond to ward the dummy West played An low, and captured the Jack four spades.

You should bid

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