1937-05-15 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 15, 1937.

Hong Kong Hotel

Grill Room

Dance Music

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European programme. 12.30 p.m.-A Concert.

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

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.--The New. Light Symphony

Orchestra.

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

1.40 p.m.—Variety.

2.15 p.m.-Close down.

4-7 p.m.--Chinese programme.

7 p.m.-12 midnight. European pro-

gramme.

7 p.m.-The London Palladium Orches-

tra.

"Katja the Dancer"-Waltz..

Longing (Haydn Wood). La Siesta (Barcarolle)

(Gilbert).

(Norton, arr. Lotter).

The Grasshopper's Dance

(Bucalossi).

Aisha (Lindsay).

Phantom. Brigade (Myddleton). Moontime (Collins).

Les Sylphides (Cuseans, arr. Lotter). 7.30 p.m.-Hong Kong Stock Exchange Official Summary and Hong Kong

Exchange Market Report.

7.35 p.m.-A Concert.

Pianoforte

Invitation to the Dance (Weber-

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845 k,c's

ZEK 640 k.c's.

Quartet.

15. Quartet

Op. 65) Ignaz Friedman. Soprano Solos--

Dolores, valse (P. d'Amour $

Waldteufel) Hinon Vallin., Les Sirenes, valse (P. d'Amour &

Waldteufel) Hinon Vallin.

Violin with Piano-

Moto Perpetuo, Op. 11 (Paganini) Yehudi Menuhin with Piano ac- companiment by Marcel Gazelle. Tenor Solos-

Ideale (Tosti)

Luigi Fort.

.Luigi Fort.

Si vous l'aviez compris-Melodie

(Denza)

8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-A Variety Programme.

Orchestral-

.:

Top Liners of Variety. Jack Hyl- ton & His Orchestra, Sir Harry Lauder, Gracie Fields Clarice Hayne, Paul Robeson, Cicely Courtneidge, Roy Fox & His Or- chestra, Compered by John Watt. Humorous

Impressions by Freddie Dosh. Instrumental-

Rose Dreams. (Shannon & Stasny) George Elliot's Hawaiian Novelty

By ELY CULBERTSON

Indirect Finesses

In the indirect finesse you at-14 spades Pass

a cover of the Redouble Pass tempt to prevent lower card of your tenace, for one, of two reasons:

1 You play an indirect finesse when, if the lower card of your tenace is covered by the opponents intermediate card, you cannot in turn recapture their card.

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Double

Pass

Song-

1

A pretty girl is like a melody.

(Irving Berlin)....Frances Day. Duet

Looking for a little bit of Blue,

Layton & Johnstone.

Song

Love (Wonderful Love), a

Gracie Fields. Guitar Solo

Mood Ruby (Len Fillis) Spanish "Electric Guitar Solo by Len Fillis. Humorous-

Aren't women wonderful?.

Sophie Tucker. Piano Solo-

Orange Blossom. Billy Mayerl. Song-Josephine

Les Allen. Organ Solo

Medley of old songs..Leslie James.) Song-

Do you remember my first love

song?

.Gracie Fields. Flower Song from "Rainbow on the

River"

Bobby Breen. Piano Duet--

What's On

On

An Hour Of Top

Liners

In Variety

Spanish Quick Step Medley.

“Lady of Madrid”

'Argentina"

"El Relicario”

Vocal

The Keyboarders.

Two tired eyes. Leslie Hutchinson. Hawaiian Novelty-

Samoan Love Song,

Andy loma and His Islanders. Organ Solo

With Eric Coates thro-London,

Quentin M. Maclean. 9.10 p.m. London In Town To- night”. A Coronation Edition of this popular progra me,* - - Introducing visitors from, overseas who are now in London. (Ele cal recording). 9.30.p,m. London The News and An-

nouncements.

9.55 p.m.—Relay-The Dance Orchestra from the Hong K Hotel Grill Room.

11 p.m. LondonScrapbook for 1902" The Coronation Year of King Edward VII Presented by Leslie Bally and Charles Brewer. The B.B.C. Revue. Chorus and the B.B.C. Theatre Or- chestra, conducted by Mark H. Lub- bock,

12 midnight. Clase down;20

At At the

Cinemas

AT THE ORIENTAL "Smartest "Mr. Cinderella", with Jack Haley, Girl In Town,” with Gene Raymond, Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher and Ann Sothern, Helen Broderick and Raymond Walburn. A barber follows Eric Blore. Delightful humour is com- the movements of Society people bined with a fast moving plot to give through gossip columns, idolises the fullest play to the versatile talents Society: beauty though he has never of one of the screen's most popular seen her, and eventually marries her. romantic teams.

Coming to the Oriental:

AT THE STAR-"15 Maiden Lane," "The Lost Horizon”, with Ronald an onslaught on the vaults of the Colman, Jane Wyatt, H. B. Warner, world's greatest jewellery centre forms Margo and Edward Everett Horton. A the basis, with Cesar Romero, Claire story of adventure, romance danger and Trevor Douglas Fowley and Robert glamour, acclaimed as one of the out- Mewade taking part

standing productions of the vyear. Coming to the Oriental.

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Pass

Pass West, with almost a solid club suit, decided to open neither of his partner's suits and laid down the king of clubs. Dummy's ace won and the declarer saw that his best chance of fulfilling the contract lay in making as many of his OWII trumps as possible. He realised, AT THE MAJESTIC "Camille, from the bidding, that West probab-|with Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor. 74 W EK 8 K 52 WE J 10 8 ly held most or all of the outstan Paris and of the world woman of the sophisticated modern wife who A glorious love drama of a woman of Myrna Loy as Nora Charles, epitome "After The Thin Man," with

ding trumps over him.

Therefore, who coolly chose to accept the favours assists her famous husband William at the second trick, he ruffed a of a wealthy man; then suddenly fell Powell in ferreting out crimes against In figure I, North leads. If East club with the spade deuce and then in love with young Armand

a. San-Francisco. background. Coming plays small South finesses, playing led to the heart king. A third club

- AT; THE KING'S "When Knights

to the King's. was ruffed with the five spot and were Bold", with Jack Buchanan, and the queen, which wins the trick.

2. You also attempt an indirect the heart ace used as reentry foFay Wray. The story has been adapt- Banjo on My Knee."-With Barbara

of tenace the ruff

ed from the famous. stage success by Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Helen West- another club. The diamond ace won the next trick and musical numbers: provides Jack Bu- Katherine de Mille and Anthony Mar- Charles Marlowe and the addition of ley, Buddy · Ebsen, Walter Catlett, in dummy's last club was ruffed with chanan with excuses to both sing and tin. A thrill musicale, depicting the

the spade queen..

tragi-comedy that is the life story of the river-boat people on the Mississippi Coming to the Queen's.

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finesse when, if the lower

card were covered and the oppo- nent's intermediate card were turn recaptured, the opponents and not you would hold the next highest ranking honour.

dance.

Having already taken eight tricks and, with the ace of spades left for with Victor McLaglen, Preston Foster AT THE QUEEN'S “Sea Devils," In figure 2 note that if North a certain ninth, it now was a simple and Ida Lupino. A colourful tale of leads the queen it would not matte matter bring home one of dummy's courage and romance in the lives of if East held the king, for the king trumps for the tenth and fulfilling the United States Coast Guard. would cover the queen and South trick. Declarer simply led his re- would win the trick with his ace. maining low heart and West But the jack, which controls the was "on the spot." If he did next round of the suit, is held by not trump at all. but discarded South's opponents. Therefore diamond, dummy would trump. South cashes the ace and then leads low toward North's queen.

"Mama Steps Out”—A girl whom her mother hopes will marry a cultur- ed foreigner elopes with an American crooner. Starring Stanley Morner and Betty Furness. Coming to the King's.

AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Dracula's Daughter" with Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden and Irving Pichel. A hair raising story a

of a beautiful woman who has hypnotic power and a deadly ful story starring Edward G. Arnold "John Meade's Woman”a power- If influence over everybody she draws

into her clutches.

and Francine Larrimore Coming to the Queen's.

West should trump, with the eight spot, dummy would overtrump with Tangled Skeins. ·

the nine and, finally, if he should There certainly is more than one trump with an honour dummy would way to skin a cat, although exactly discard the diamond and West why cat skinning should be consid-never could deprive the dummy of ered a pleasure is beyond: mel; :

its vital ruff for the tenth trick. North dealer.

Neither side:vulnerable

WEST

NORTH

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The bidding:

North

East

South West

Had declarer fallen into the us ual error of attempting a straight cross-ruff, that is to say, taking out dummy's ace king of hearts and ace and small diamond at an early stage with the intention of ruffing hearts and diamonds in the dummy, he never could have reached his obs jpetive

TO DAY'S QUESTION "Question: Partner opened the --| lidding with two no trump. Next hand passed.. Should I raise to three no trump or take out hearts with the following:

1 club: 1heart 1 spade Pass

8 spades 4 diamonds Double 4 hearts

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H. K 8 64

D. 9.6

10 7.4

Answer:

You should, bid three

COMING PICTURES

Crosby, Madge: Evans, Edith Fellows Carole Lombard and dashing Fred Mac- and Louis Armstrong. The gayest Murray a festival of song and music Coming of mirth and, laughter. Coming to

the Queen's.

"Pennies From Heaven"-with Bing A romantic comedy co-starring lovely

"Swing High And Swing Low,"

fun-show of the new season. to the King's.

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