1937-05-27 — Page 5

THE CHÍNA MAIL, MAY 27, 1937.

Children's Concert

From

The Studio

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15. p.m.—European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-A Recital by Maurice Mare- chal ('Cello) and Miliza Korjus (So- \prano).

p.m.-Local; Time Signal and Wen- ther Report.

1.03 p.m. The London Piano-Accor-7

deon Band...

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.

5-8 p.m.-European Programme.

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

6 p.m. From the Studio.

A Children's Concert.

6.30 p.m.—A Concert.

Violin Solo-

Largo (Mandel).

Albert Sandler.

Soprano Solos

Horch! Horch! Die Lerch

(Schubert).

Sandmannchen (Brahms).

Elizabeth Schumann. Instrumental---

Quartet No. 1 in D Major

(Ditteredorf).

Lener String Quartet.

Pianoforte Solos-

Mazurka No. 17 in B Flat Minor.

Chant Polonais in G Flat Major

(Chopin).

Moriz Rosenthal.

Tenor Solos.

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Un Reve (Grieg).

Il Flor di Loto (Schumann).

Doniamino Gigli.

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's

'Cello Solo-

Sarabande (Handel).

Beatrice Harrison.

p.m.-The Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards.

"Trial By Jury"--Selection. ""The Sorcerer"-Selection

(Sullivan).

Sousa Medley (Sousa).

The Bells of St. Halo (Rimmer). Policeman's Holiday (Ewing). Wee MacGregor Patrol (Amers). Hiawatha-March (Moret).

7.30 p.m. Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kong Exchange. Mar- ket Report:

7.35 p.m.-Film Songs.

"Rose of the Bancho".

If I should lose you.

Turner Layton. "Anything Goes"

My heart and I. Evie Hayes.

"Gold Diggers of 1935”—- Lullaby of Broadway.

I'm goin' shoppin' with you."

Dick Powell.

"Transatlantic Rhythm”---

Piano Selection.

Irving Caesar and Ray Hender-

son (Double Pianos).

"Swing Time"

A fine romance.

The way you look to-night,

• Dixie Lee Crosby and Bing

Crosby.

8 p.m. Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and. Announcements.

By ELY CULBERTSON

"Esoteric" Handling

"'Dear chief:

with a

North, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

brows

no

[at my overbidding,

club was led and the The inclosed hand, played last doubt), a night by my brand new wife, un-double finesse of the ten was taken Accepting this as a doubtedly will open your eyes to successfully. the full possibilities of contract matter of course my little cabbage bridge under handling. that is not led the queen of spades. East played merely expert, but downright eso-low and, with a fine contempt for teric. I am submitting the hand percentages, declarer, who obvious

a certain reluctance, but since ly had intended to finesse, exercised my faint demurral when asked to her womanly prerogative and bang send it in was overruled with a con-ed down the ace instead. The king looked témptuous crack to the effect that fell and the little woman I was jealous of every beautiful quite pleased. Two more rounds of I have no alter-trumps removed the adverse spades play she made,” native.

and then the jack of hearts was led. Of course, my little magician finesse would have guessed this correctly anyway, but East cinched matters by covering the jack. The two other heart tricks and the re- maining trumps then were dashed off until only three cards were left.. On the last trump West could not bear to part with his high diamond and, even in the face of dummy's remaining ace-queen-7 of clubs, blanked his king-jack. A club lead toward dummy and another finesse The thirteen completed the rout. tricks were ours!:

"Slightly dazed by it all I heard my pet patter something about the beautiful squeeze play she had made! Feebly I pointed out that West could have let go a diamond and merely guarded the club suit. To this quibble she retorted with a charming toss of her head: "Well, yes, but think, what hard luck it was for me that the clubs didn't break three and three"!"

WEST

K

S-Q J 9 3 H-AJ 8

·D8 7 C-A Q 10 7

B-6-5-3-2 DK Q L 4

C-K J 98

EAST

S 7.6 2 HQ94 D-10 9 6 3 2 C-6 5

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SOUTH S-A 10 8 5 4 H-K 10 7

D-A5

C-4.3.2

"The bidding:

North

1 Club

3 spades

∙West

East South Pass 1 spade - Pass Pass 4 nutrump Pass 5 no trump Pass 6 clubs Pasa 6 spades Fass 7 spades Pass Pass Pass

"Next week we play "Escape from

"Do you mind if we don't discuss the bidding at any great length? I

vas North, and I am ready to admit a Moorish Prison'! that my spade raise from one to but three was a slight overbid, when it comes to my angel's four no trump bid and her later six club bid [she explained later that she wanted to show me club support], I think we had better draw the veil. Anyway, if I could play a hand the way she proceeded to play this one I'd throw your system right out of the window in favour of hers.

"Dodderingly yours,

THE SPY" TO-DAY'S QUESTION Question: What is the rule of Two and Three?.

Answer: When making a defen- eive bid count your winners and be certain that you have in your own two tricks of your hand within contract if you are vulnerable, and within three tricks of your "West opened the king of dia tract if you are not vulnerable. monds, which was taken by the Then you never can take a set of ace and, after pretty wrinkling of more than 500 points.

con-

ZEK 640 k.c's....

8.03 p.m. From the Studio.

A Chinese Concert. 11 p.m. Close Down. 8.03-11

p.m-European-

rogramme from ZEK, on a Frequency of 640 Kilocycles.

| 8.03 p.m.—A - Violin Recital by Fritz

Kreisler.

Spanish Serenade (Glasoun Gaprice Viennois. “

Tambourin Chinois (Kreisler). 8.15 p.m.-London Cricket, M.C. C. Australian XI v. Rest of England A commentary on the match by Ho ward Marshal, From Lord's Cricket Ground, London. -

8.30 p.m. Arthur Honegger and the

Grand Symphony Orchestra P Pacific 231 (Honegger).

Relay From

-Lord's:

M.C.C. v. Rest

9.30 p.mLondon → News and An--

„nouncements,

9.55 p.m. Variety.

Vocal

Basin Street Blues,

Nat Gonella & His Orchestra Gracie's and Sandy's Party, Gracie Fields and Sandy

-Powell entertain.

10.35 p.m.—London, Big, Ben.

Piano Solo

“Two For To-nigh Piano

Medley

Vocal

When that Harves

Goodnight --.. He's an Angel. Orchestra

Ronara.

Moon is

shining,

The Hill Billies. „Elle Carlisle.

Love, for ever I adore you,

- Reginald King and His

Orchestra?

Ninon

Vocals

8.40 p.m.-London Food for Thought

Three short talks on matters of to- pical interest. (Electrical Recording)*

9 p.m.-A Light Orchestral Concert.

In the Shadows (Finck), Fairy Tale (Heykans).

In a little Gypsy Tea Room

10.30 p.m.-Dance Music..

Fox-Trot

Vali Rosing.

Tom Jones and His Orchestra. Saving up my time to spend on

Why?

Because (Gade).-

Alfredo Campoli and His Orchestra Dawn (Matt).

The London Palladium Orchestra. Italian Folksongs

Micheli).

-

Medley (def

Columbia Meister Orchestra.

Johann Strauss Waltz Potpour

(arr. Mohne).

Gloria Accordion Orchestra.

- Grazy with love. Comedy Waltz

I'm Popeye, the Sailorman. Six-Eight-Andalusia.

Fax-Trot

Please believe me.. Easter morning. Wandérers.

Old Ship. O mine. Waltz-Sympathy.

11 p.m.

Close down.

you.

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