1937-05-03 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 3, 1937.

Dance Music From H. K. Hotel

Roof Garden

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-Louis Levy and His Gau-

ment British Symphony.

1 p.m.--Local: Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.—Songs by Jessie Matthews (Soprano) with Len Fillis (Guitar). 1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press, Local: Wea- ther Forecast, Time and Announce- ments.

1.40 p.m.Variety and Dance Music. 2.15 p.m.-Close Down.

5-8 p.m.-European Programme.

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

· Hotel.

6.30 p.m.-German Music.

Soprano Solos-

Bist du bei mir (Bach). Ave Maria (Schubert).

Elisabeth Schumann.

Pianoforte Solos-

(a) Moment Musicale in F Minor

(Schubert).

(b) Impromptu in B Flat, Op. 142,

No. 3 (Schubert). Wilhelm Backhaus.

Bass Solos

The Brahms Song Society

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's

Triana (Albeniz-Arbos). Spanish Dance No. 3 (Granados), Saxophone Solo

Down in the Forest (Sir Landon

Ronald).

Orchestral

Melody in F. Op. 3, No. 1

(Rubinstein).8

3.

Intermezzo (Coleridge-Taylor). Saxophone Solos-

From the land of the sky blue

water (Cadman).

I love the moon (Rubens). Orchestral-*

"Princess Ida"--Selection,

(Sullivan).

7.35 p.m.-A Variety Programme.

Instrumental –

Landler from the Oberland. (Old Styrian "Hackbrett"), (Dulci- mer).

ZEK 640 k.c's.

Fox-Trot Medley,

Ivor Moreton & Dave Kaye.

Vocal Duets--

Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life Indian Love Cally,

Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson

Eddy pm Local: Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements. 8.03 pmFrom the Studio.

A Chinese Concert.

11 p.m.-Close down. 8.05 p.m.11 p.m.

European pro-

gramme from Z.E.K. on a frequency of 640 kilocycles.

8.05 p.m.-Act II of "Tosca” (Puccim),

by La Scala Company, Milan.

7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar-A Good Decoy is Tosca Keener far ket Report.

is the Relish-He is there Now let us have a friendly talk together And now speak out, fair Tosca-The Well in the Garden No! if my plighted fealty I must betray-Love and MusicBehold me I have ful- filled my promise. 8:45 pm Charlie Kunz at the Piano.

Piano Medley No. R. 18. Piano Medley No. R. 8.. 9.05 p.m.-Light Orchestral Music.

Piano Medley No. R. 20.

Lane, Wilson Melodies, Caucasia (Iwanoff)

Vocal-

O

wuusst' ich doch den Weg zu- ruck (Groth).

Vier ernste Gesange, Op. 121

(Sirach).

Alexander Kipnis.

6.55 p.m.-The New Light__Symphony Orchestra with Howard Jacobs (Sa-

xophone).

Orchestral-

BRIDGE NOTES

When I grow too old to dream,

Evelyn Laye. Instrumental—

(a) Red Rose Cymbalum Solo by

Elee Racz.

(b) Rakoczy March- Colombo's

Tziganes.

Vocal

Swing, Mister Charlie,

Judy Garland (13 years old). Instrumental

By ELY CULBERTSON

Measure For Measure

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Symphony Orchestra

Page

Act Of

Tosca

La Scala Company

Rusglan Balalaika Orchestra. Puccini-Potpourri, -

Marek Weber and His Orchestra. Serenade (Metra),

De Pichus au Palais d'Angkor

(Marceau),

Orchestra Ruby Coldstein. 9.30 p.m÷London News and An-

-nouncements,

9.55 p.m.-Lealle Hutchinson

Piano.

I'm delighted to see you aga

Blue Moon.

at the

You and the night and the music. My heart is haunted.

East of the sun.

Whenever I think of you.

10.15 p.m.-London-Big Ben.

Dance Music..

Fox-Trot-

Magnolias in the Moonlight. Crazy with Love, 3 When the Sun Says “Goodnight”

to the Mountain.

I'll Sing you a thousand love songs. Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps. Don't Look Now.

On a Typical Tropical Night. Was Saying to the Moon. Cabin on the Hilltop.

Mendel's Son's Swing Song. Night in Manhattan.

Here's Love in Your Eye.

Did you mean it.

Waltz Have you forgotten so soon. #11 p.m.-Close down.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE KING'S “Green Pastures,” tin. A thrill- musicale, depicting the the most talked about film for several tragi-comedy that is the life story of years. Banned in England and then the river-boat people on the Mississippi. permitted to be shown, it has since Coming to the Queer passed the Censor in China and Hong Kong.

- "Pennies From Heaven" with Bing AT THE ALHAMBRA The Holy and Louis Armstrong-

Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows The: "gayest Terror with Jane Withers, Anthony fun-show of the new seasoEL Coming Martin, Leah Ray and Joan Davis to the This is Jane Wither's latest comedy and involves her in hilarious doings with the Nav when as the "pet" at a her mother hopes will marry a cultur Naval Base the gets herself and the

On the hand described to-day,, up to, and, therefore, if South had the burning question is: Who made eight spades, which his bid certain the more horrible play, a defender ly indicated, the heart king might or the declarer? A committee of ex- provide a discard for his losing perts would have a wonderful time diamond. It is quite true (as West bickering over this point (in the might have figured) that a diamond manner both of committees and of shift would be fatal if declarer had experts). From a purely mechani- the king, but West should have paid-

AT THE QUEEN'S "Charlie Chan cal point of view, the declarer's no attention to this contingency At The Opera A comedy adorns the play must be considered the more for the simple reason that if that latest mystery adventure which brings Myrna Loy as Nora Charles, epitome my own vote would were the case, the contract conld in Boris Karloff as the wily Chinese of the sophisticated modern wife who

but

horrible, go to the defender, who was the first to slip. Without his assistance the declarer never would have had the opportunity to be a hero. The fact that he muffed the opportunity is anothe er story!

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South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

WEST

NORTH S-9 73

HK 85

D.-A.Q.5 C.-8 5 4 3

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EAST

H -9 6 4 3 2. D-K 9 6 4

C-7: 6·2 SOUTH

—A K Q 10 6 5 4 2 H.-7 D.-3 2

C-Q :10

The bidding: South

West North- East spades Double Pass Pass Pass

sailors in no end of trouble,

sleuth's maniacal foe.

"Mama Steps Out'-A girl whom

clopes with an American ing Stanley Morner and Goming to the King's.

After The Thin Man" -with

rness.

not be defeated. It was an odds-on

assista her famous husband William chance that East had no spade AT THE ORIENTAL"These Three,a San Francisco background. Coming Powell in ferreting out crimes against trick, since declarer could have no

with Miriam. Hopkins, Merle Oberon to the King's. less than seven. The fact that and Joel McCrea, An amazing story finding the

diamond king in dely wrecked because of a vicious lie.

of three people whose lives were near- clarer's hand might easily result in the loss of the heart ace and there- by an overtrick on the contract should have cut very little ice. An overtrick is not worth considering when the fate of the contract itself hangs in the balance.

AT THE STAR "Charlie Chan At The Race Track"with Warner Oland Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck Chan mystery, but one of the best, and Gavin Muir, Another typical

MOMEN

eternal colour.

vows. This time in

"Hideaway Girl"--An excellent my- stery story and gay music supplied in Shirley Ross and Robert Cummings. the Martha Raye manner, starring Coming to the Queen's.

"Johna Meade's Woman"-a power- ful story starring Edward G. Arnold and Francine Larrimore, Coming to

AT THE MAJESTIC “The Garden the Queen's. On West's actual lead of a third of Allah," with Marlene Dietrich, round of clubs, declarer almost Charles Boyer and Joseph Schildrant. could spread the hand, but with Efilden who flees to the Algerian desert Talbot Benny Baker und Frankie The immortal love story of Domini

"Mind Your Own Business.”— With Charles Ruggles, Alice Brady, Lyle the most exquisite courtesy he pro-to begin life anew and there meets a ceeded to toss his contract out of handsome Trappist monk who has filed who has bees in his bonnet as well as Darro. The tale of a nature writer the window. After leading out all from a Monastery after taking the his column and a wife who gets him of his trumps but one, he had left

techni- into a tangle that it takes a general in dummy the king-five of heart

alarm to unravel. Coming to the and the ace-queen of diamonds. Ob-

Queen's. livious to the fact that one heart trick must be lost in any case and that he was in a position to what amounted to a free finesse for the heart ace, he chose the diamond finesse! When it lost, he had the egall to bang the table!

(North-South were not using the two-way three-bid.)

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COMING PICTURES

"On The Avenne"--with songs Be take

"Banjo on My Knee With Barbara Irving Berling sparkling musical Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Helen West-production with a stellar cast of enter- ley, Buddy Ebsen, Katherine de Mille and Anthony Mar- Madeleine Carroll. Coming to Queen's. Walter Catlett, tainers, including Dick Powell and

Obviously, the lead up to dum- South's bid, at any rate, was cormy's heart king was an elementary rect, and it is too bad he could not back it up by reasonably good play. Had West been a little stronger, four no trump would have been the correct overcall. As it was, his dou ble was the best action he could take.

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The opening lead was the club king. Dummy and East played low, and South followed with the ten. The ace brought out South's queen, and now West committed his grievous sin. He could know be- yond question of doubt that de- clarer would ruff the next chub. West also could see that dummy's heart king was certain to be led

play. If the finesse lost, the dia- mond finesse still could be taken. But a diamond return by East, after he had won the king, left the play in the dummy and the declarer high and dry.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION Question: The contract was four spades. No suit had been bid by What should I have led partner. from

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