1937-04-12 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 12, 1937.

"Street Singer”

Street

Excerpts:

From The Studio

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-De Groot and His Orches-

tra.

1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and

ther Report.

1.03 p.m. Songs by Richard Crooks

(Tenor).

1.20 p.m.-Hawaiian Melodies.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press, Local: Wear ther Forecast, Time and Announce- ments.

1.40 p.m. Variety.

2.15 p.m.--Close Down.

5-8 p.m.-European Programme..

5 p.m.--Relay of Dance Music from the Roof-Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.

6.30 p.m.-German Music.

Songs

Die Beiden Grenadiere (The Two]

Grenadiers) (Op. 49, No. 1,

Heine and Schumann).

-Standchen (Serenade)

Schubert).

(Rellstab-

Herbert Janssen (baritone).

Vocal Trio-

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

Die Vogel (Schubert). Elisabeth Schumann (soprano). 6:55 p.m. Waltz Memories by Orches-

tre Mascotte.

Greetings to Vienna (Siede). Donauwellen (Ivanovici, arr. Hohne). Moonlight on the Danube (Gay).. Gypsy Love (Lehar.)

Spring in Japan (Tadasuke Ohno). Ballroom Memories (arr. Robrecht). 1.7.15 - p.m.-Songs by Nelson Eddy

(baritone).

ZEK 640 k.cs.

Theatre (Chinese). 11 p.m. Close Down 8.05-11 p.m European

from ZEK, kilocycles.

programme

on a frequency of 640

8.05 p.m.-Patricia Rossborough at the

Piano,

Simple Aveu (Thome).

To a Wild Rose (MacDowell).

A Cavalcade of Martial Tunes. "The Town Talks Selection. If I love again. (Oakland -Murray)

Love's Old Sweet Song, (Bingham-8.22 p.m.- Octet in E Flat Major, Op.

Molloy),

"Naughty Marietta"

Mystery of Life.. "The Night is Young"

Ah! Sweet

-When I

grow too old to dream. "Apple Blossoms"You are free. "Naughty Maristta"-I'm falling in

love with someone.

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

Heat Oder Morgen ("Der Rosen-

kavalier"Act 8, R. Strauss).17.35 p.m.-From the Studio. L. Lehmann (soprano), E. Schu-

Musical. Excerpts from "The Street

mann (soprano) and M. Ols-Singer.” zewska (contralto).

Pianoforte-

Traumeswirren (Dream Visions),

Op. 12, No. 7 (Schumann). Vladimir Horowitz.

Songs-

(Play, Lonsdale; Music, Fraser-Sim- son and Lyrics by Greenbank) with a drescriptive talk; by members of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society. 18 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

Die Post; Wehin?; In Abendroth; 8.03 p.m.--Relay from the Ko Shing

BRIDGE NOTES

י;

By ELY CULBERTSON

Eggs In One Basket

20 (Mendelssohn), played by the In- ternational String Octet

1st Movement

Allegro moderate ma con Lucco. 2nd Movement :

Andante..

3rd Movement

Scherzo→ Allegro leggierissimo. 4th Movement-

8.55

Presto...

p.m.-London-News.

nouncements.

9.15 p.m.-Variety.

Vocal

Veux-tu partir un jour?

and Ar

Ninon Vallin (Soprano). Hawaiian

Ciribiribin.

Valse Bleue.`

Gino Bordin and His Hawaiians.

Vocal

Going Home.

Jack Savage and His Cowboys: Orchestra

Flor Gitana:

London

The

Page

Serenader:

Gyspy Lomen

Don Rico and. His Gypsy Girl

Orchestra.

Vocal

One of the little Orphans

Storm.

Gracie Fields.

Vocal-

Jack Hylton throws a party. Orchestra

Love me, or leave me.”

Why couldn't it be poor little me?

Benny Goodman and his

chestra.

Vocal

Chloe (Song of the

The Radio Three.

Hawaiian

Mauna Loa;~

Kanui and Lulp.

10 p.m.-London-Big Ben

Dance Music.

Fox-Trot

wamp).

Mendel's Son's. Swing Son Cabin on the Hilltep Here's love in your eye. Night in Manhattan.

Talking through my hear You came to my, TERCHE. To Mary, with love.

To you, Sweetheart.

OF-

10.25 pm. London The Twilight

Serenaders Presented by Clarence. Wright, a fantasy music and story.

10.45 p.m. Grand Massed Brass Bands.

Jerome Kern Melodies.

Minstrel Memories (No. 2) (arr.

Rimmer);"

11 pm-Close Down.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE QUEEN'S Plough and youngsters decide on a reunion with the the Star"-Sean Q'Casey's drama, Quints as centrepiece. Some astonish- film which is the basis of the Barbara Stan- ing things happen as governors, wyck-Preston Foster film of the same stars, crooks and would-be divorcees name, is called the greatest drama of descend on the little Canadian hamlet. the 20th century by Maxwell Anderson, Cast includes Jean Hersholt, Rochelle one of the leading American play Hudson, Helen Vinson, Slim Summer- Dinchart,..and Deeply dramatic, it is the ville, Robert Kent, wright. story of a young Irish girl for whom the Quintuplets.. life and love are twisted and almost destroyed by the insurrection in Dublin. AT THE CENTRAL "Charlie. Chan

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An average player's greatest |monds, would add up to nine, the weakness, in the position of de- declarer threw to the winds any clarer, is a tendency to place all his other consideration. eggs in one basket, that is, to em- He cashed dummy's king and bark willy-milly on a dine of play queen of clubs, reentered his hand that will either make or break him, with a diamond, and then hopefully a line from which there can be no played the club ace. When East

at the Race Track with Warner turning back and starting over. showed out there was nothing for

AT THE ORIENTAL “Gold Dig-Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood. Admittedly on many hands there is it except to go ahead and clear no opportunity for safer tactics away, the club jack in order to gers of 1937", with Dick Powell, Joan Thomas Beck and Gayin Muir. Ar and, when that is the case, it is establish the fifth club. But this Blondell, Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell other typical Chan, mystery, but one

and Lee Dixon. A happy melange. of the best. quite correct to proceed on the resulted in only eight tricks. De-The signing of a million dollar insur- die is cast" basis.

clarer, found it impossible to estab-ance policy and the medical examin-

COMING PICTURES But, equally often, "it is possible lish a heart trick before the defen-ation are a sure cure for the blues. to advance without burning one's ders had taken the setting trick.

AT THE KING'S “Son's O' Guns". "White Hunter"--with Warner Bax- bridges behind one; to advance ten- Reasonable thought would have with Joe E. Brown and Joan Blondell, ter and June Lang in a thrilling story tatively, as it were, with an alter-disclosed a much better plan than A pure comedy dealing with the gay of two people amid the

Coming nate route available at any mo- relying entirely on a club break and not the grim side of the World savage passions.

Queen's. ment. To-day's hand is typical in Declarer should have seen that if War. this respect. As actually played the this break actually came off there

AT THE STAR-My American declarer staked his contract on the would be no hurry in cashing club Wife", with Ann Sothern, Fred Stone "Under Cover of Night" with Ed- even break of one suit. At no cost tricks. He still had a spade stopper and Grant Mitchell. The story of an mund Love, Florence Rice, Sarah Ha- whatsoever he first could have tried and, moreover, there was a reason-Arizona pioneer, who strongly resents den and Nat Pendleton. One of the most out a different plan. Had it failed able chance that the opening lead the title and gentlemanly bearing of unique mystery stories to reach the he always would have had the had been from only a four card his new grandson-in-law, but who is screen. The story is placed in a great finally forced to admire him, he College with a background of science suit, in which case he need fear

for the mysterious crimes. This is un- losing only two spade tricks. It

AT THE MAJESTIC "Chained" usual and stirs the interest from the would have cost him nothing to with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable start with Lowe as the sleuth. Com- have deferred the running of clubs Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin and Una ing to the King's.

O'Connor.. The locale of the film,

m, ever- until he had at least investigated shifting, covers half the Western hem- "Mind Your Own Business. With the possibility of establishing dum- isphere, moving from New York to a Charles Benny Alice Brady,

The story is Talbot,

Baker and Frankie well-acted and above Darro. The tale of a nature writer who has bees in his bonnet as well as this column and a wife who gets him “Reunion.” into a tangle that it takes a general his alarm to unravel. Coming to the world, his Queen's.

other on which to fall back.

South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

WEST

S-10.8 5.4

H-A 8

-9.7.3

10 9 6 3 2

D-A 8 7

-K Q

EAST

D.~Q 6 4

J.2

74 95

C-J 9:4:3

SOUTH

K 10

10 6 5 21

The bidding:

South

1 club

West ass

North- 1-hewit

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of South American ranch. my's hearts. Thus the queen Hearts should have been the second swift, credible,

all, entertaining. play.

AT THE ALHAMBRA- When Dr. Luke brings

into 3,000th baby

the

have The best defence would been for East to win this and re- turn the jack of spades. It wouhl be a safety play at this point for the declarer to allow the jack to hold. If East had no more spades a forced shift would make the con- tract ironclad If, on the other hand, he did have another spade that would mean that West had East | started with only four and that Pass there was s nothing to fear in that 1ng trump Pass 2no trump Pasa direction. Declarer then would win. 3 no trump Pass Pass

Pass the third round of spades, and lead Obviously the hand was bid right the jack of hearts. West could take up to the hilt, North's no trump raise heing not bad, but certainly speculative..

his good spade, but then would be through because, at this stage, the declarer would have one more trick established than he could use.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION

West opened the four of spades, and declarer won the king with the ace. Then counting that a 3-3 Question: Is an opening preemp- break of clubs, or the drop of the tive bid, when there is a pa jack, if they were divided adverse- and the bid is more than enough ly 4:2, would return five club tricks for game, a slam which, with two spades and two dia-

Answer: No.

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