1937-05-21 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 21, 1937.

Pianoforte Recital

By Luba Shaftain

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme.

12.30 p.m.-A Variety Concert.

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

ther Report

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's :

Market Report.

1.03 p.m. The B.B.C. Wireless Mili-7.35 p.m. The "Midnight Review!!

tary Band.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter Fress, Rugby Press;

(Glinka), sung by Theodore Chalia- pine (Bass).

Local: Weather Forecast, Time and 7.40 p.m.--From the Studio. Announcements, m

::: ZEK 640 k.c's

1. Tenor Solos-

Passing by

· Edgar Warner. Tenor Solos From The Studio

Good evening! pretty Lady. Holiday HitsTM Meday.

10.15 p.mLondon-Big Ben.

A Variety Programme

The Sunshine Cruise,

Cicely, Courtneidge (Comedienne). Piano Solo

Charlie Kunz Piano Medley,

Warlock.

Vocal

2.

A Pianoforte Recital by Luba Shaf-

3.

For You Alone Pianoforte Solo-Selected.. Tenor Solos-

Feehl.

A Brown Bird Singing,

Haydn Wood

Vocal

Invictus.

8.45 p.m. A Violoncello

Pablo Casals.

Bruno Hahn. Recital by

1.40 p.m.-New Light Symphony Or-tain.

chestra.

2.15 p.m.-Close Down.

4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.

7-11 p.m.-European Programme.

7 p.m.-Dance Music.

Fox-Trot-

Thru the courtesy of love.

Golden heart.

Never gonna dance.

A Little Robin told me so.

Slow Fox-Trot-

Love cries.

Sorrow.

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You're not the kind.

Fox-Trot--

Take my heart.

Waltz-

Good-bye, Hawaii!

7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions: and Hong

Kong Exchange

BRIDGE NOTES

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Valse Caprice.

Schubert (arr. Liszt).

Maiden's Fancy (Polish Song).

Chopin (arr. Liszt).

Viennese Folk Song (Faradise).

Fritz Kreisler.

Valse from Fairy Tale.

Rebikov.

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

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Symphony No. 34 in C. K. 338 (Mozart, played by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.

1st Movement Allegro vivace, 2nd Movement-Andante di molto. 3rd Movement-Finale.

8.30 p.m.--From the Studio.

Edgar Warner (Tenor) and Lindsay A Lafford (Pianoforte).

By ELY CULBERTSON

Direct. Finesses

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Aria (Bach).· ́

Andante (Bach, arr. Siloti). Musette (Bach, arr. Polain). Gavotte Tendre (Hillemacher),

9 p.m.-From the Studio. A Talk by Dr. G. A.. C. Herklota, "A Summer Day in the New Territories.” 9.20 p.m.-Alfredo Campoli and His

Orchestra.

With the Classics (arr. Sidney

.

Because, (Gade).

Why.

9.30 p.m.

nouncements.

Crook).

An-

London - News and

9.55 p.m.—The London Piano-Accordeon

Band.

Our days together. Rosalie.

I have lost my heart in Budapest. Calling me home.

All alone in Vienna,

Goodnight my Love,

Charlie Kung.

Leslie Hutchinson Peter's Pop keeps a lolipop shop, I'm an old cow hand from the Rio

Grande..

The Rocky Mountaineers

Instrumental-

Keyboard Kapera

Mario de Pietro" (

Humorous--

Oliver Wakefield.

The Voice of Intzperience,

Band-

With thee I swing, Midnight in Mayfair,

Instrumental—–

Rio de Janeiro,

Vocal

Carroll Gibbons.

Rudy Starita (Xylophone).

Let yourself go,

The Boswell. Sisters

11 p.m. Close down,

What's On At the Cinemas

Town's Talking”, with Edwar

ef one of the screen's most popular

AT THE MAJESTIC-“The

"Ro- mantic teams. ::. The most binson and Jean Arthur. thrilling of all Columbia favourites.

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COMING PICTURES

With

AT THE KING'S—“The King's Va- “Mind Your Own Business.”. cation,"

1," with George Arliss, Majorie Charles Ruggles, Alice Brady Lyle Gateson, Dudley Digges, Dick Powell Talbot, Benny Baker and Frankie and Patricia Ellis. George Arliss is at Darro. The tale of a nature writer his best în a role excelling in humour, who has bees in his bonnet as well as humanity and suave charm, and plays his column and a wife who gets him the part of a man who has kingship into a tangle that it takes a general Coming to the thrust upon him while despising all the alarm to unravel. pomp and ceremony and determined to Queen's, give them all up for love in a cottage.

It is typical of the direct finesse Irect for no trump. that if the lower card of the tenace West opened his fourth best is covered by the opponent's inter- spade and East's queen was taken mediate card you then can recap-by the king. Declarer was afraid ture the opponent's card by play-to take out dummy's entries for ing the higher card of your tenace. diamond leads toward his king-

[A] _QJ

[B] J 10 3

queen, and, therefore, chose to lay N

down the king from his own hand. East won with the ace and returned spade, Declarer played the jack, but, since West could see from his partner's lead that declarer still had the nine spot, he allowed the jack to hold. The queen of dia- monds followed and a third round

AT THE QUEEN'S "Step Lively, was won by East with the ten. Jeeves", with Arthur Treacher, Patri East now shifted to his fourth high-cia Ellis and Robert Kent. The inimit

declarer clattered able Jeeves in a mad mixup of shoot- lest heart and

He thening, gangsters and assorted variety of giddy misadventures on his first visit West to America.

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A 2

A K 7 This is the proper method of playing a finesse when you, and not the opponents, hold the next rank- ing card or cards which will be promoted to control the following round.

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Pennies From Heaven with Bing Crosby Madge Evans, Edith Fellows

The gayest: and Louis Armstrong:

Coming: fun-show of the new se to the King's..

“Mr. Cinderella", with_Jack Haley, Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher and Raymond Walburn. A barber follows the movements of Society people through gossip columns, “idolinesia

Society beauty though he has never seen her, and eventually marries her. Coming to the Oriental.

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In figure A above North leads the queen. If East covers with the king right up with the ace.

"Mama Steps, Out" -A girl whom her mother hopes will marry a cultur South recovers with the ace and it cashed his good diamond,

ed foreigner elopes with an American is North who holds the jack, which discarding a spade. A low club

́ ́ AT THE ORIENTAL “The Longest! crooner: Starring Stapley Morner and will win the next trick. If, when now was led toward dummy and

Coming to the King's. the queen is led, East refuses to West scotched the declarer's hope Night with Robert Young Florence Betty Furness.

Rice Ted: Healy and Julle Haydon. cover, South plays low and the that he would be permitted to pass Mystery, with an added element of ro- this trick into East's hand (there-mance and humour, provides the high- queen wins the trick.

picture, and incidents The same technique is employed by establishing three club tricks if lights of this

following one upon another in bewild- in figure B, in which East cannot the suit should break) by splitting ering succession combine to build a win a trick with his queen [al-his honours and playing the ten

great story. though it is twice guarded] whe-spot. Of course, declarer could not afford to let him hold this trick, ther he covers the jack or not,

spade tricks would be A direct finesse, therefore, may since two be effectively used only when you sure, to follow, so dummy's ace won hold at least one equal of the lower and a low club was returned to the

king.

With only seven tricks home and only one certain trick, the heart king in sight, declarer now had no choice but to play for another club

"After The Thin Man," trick. Therefore, praying that East AT THE STAR “Smartest ::Girl Myrna Loy as Nora Charles, epitome would have to win, he led his third In Town" with Gene Raymond, Ann of the sophisticated modern wife who club and his hope was fulfilled. East Sothern; Helen Broaderick and Eric assists her famous husband William Blore.Delightful humour is combined. Powell in ferreting out crimes against won with the queen and had to rewith a fast moving plot to give the a San Francisco background. Coming turn a heart to dummy's king. Dum- fullest play to the versatile talents of to the King's. my's fourth club brought home the contract.

card of the tenace.

Blocking One's Partner It is not only bad bridge, but hu- miliating as well, for one defender to block the other in the play,

South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

WEST:-

NORTH

5.-10.8.2

HK 76

D.-6. 5. 2

C.----A 9.4.3

S.-—A 7 5 4 3

H J 5 4 DJ 7

10:2

EAST

H-Q-10 32 D-A 10 43

7.5

SOUTH

-KJ9

HA 98

D-K Q 9 8

C-K 86

The bidding: South-West North

The defence, had cracked at the point were West played the ten of clubs, dummy the ace, and East had failed to ditch his club queen. It would have taken little vision on East's part to foresee inst what was coming. His partner's play of the ten virtually guaranteed that West. could stop the club suit, and it was vital, therefore, that East get out of his way and permit him to gain the lead for the cashing, of his spades.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION Pasa Question: Is the following, a good

five club opening bid?

S. H-8 D.—KJ

East 1 no trump Pass 2no trump Pass Pass Pass-

opening bid was pretty shabby, short as it was almost a full honour trick. It was, however, somewhat compensated for by the profusion of nines and eights, and the distribution, at least was cor-

J 9 8 7 6 43.2

Answer: Yes.

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