1937-07-08 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 8, 1937.

Madame Butterfly:

Intermezzo And Act III

* Children's Concert

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15 p.m. European Programme. 12.30 pm Geraldo and His Orchestra.

A World of Romanes. Venetian Moon Tango, Careless Rapture-Selection. Rumbaland (No. 1),

12.52 p.m.--Elena Gerhardt ‹ (Mezzo-

Soprano).

1. 2.

Schubert Songs

Im Frühling-

Dear Musensohn.

Das Rosenband

1 p.m.-Local: Weather Report and

Time Signalang

1.03 p.m.Peter Dawson (Bass Bir

tone) and Beatrice Harrison, (Piano- forte).

Pianoforte Solos→→

Sarabande (Bandel),

Orient le (Br).

Tenor Solos-

"Othello" (Verdi) Crael is

(Credo),

he

"Marriage of Figaro"-Now your days of philandering are over.

Pianoforte Solod

(a) Pastorale, (b) Reel (Cyril

Scott);

Adagio (Marcello, arr. Salmon). Tenor Solos--

Hybrias, The Cretan (Elliott), I fear no foe (Pinsuti)

BRIDGE NOTES

A Nice

ZBW 355 M. 845 kc's :: :: ZEK 640 k.c's.

1.30 p.m.-Renter Fress, Rugby Press; r8-11, pak Chinesa Programme.

Local: Weather Forecast, Time and 5 p... Relay of Dance Music from Announcements,

Roof Garden Hotel

1.40 p. A Vařiety Programme.

Slow Fox-Trot-

What will I tell my heart?

"On the trail where the sun hangs

"lowayerRoy Fox & his Orchest Waltz-Coronation Waltz. Tango- Questa Notte Ti Diro,

Mantovani & his Orchestra.

Humorous-

The Lancashire Toreador, The window cleanor (No.

George Formby & his Ukubele. Fox-Trots

I stumbled over love, When my dream boat comes home,

Roy Fox & his Orchestra. Piano Solos-

Bubbling over, Moonbeams dance,

Fox-Trots

2.15

Carroll Gibbons.

What have you done to my heart? Thru' the courtesy of love,

George Elliott & his sweet

music makers.

Close down. 15-8 p.m.-European Programme.

By ELY CULBERTSON

Shift

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of the a

́ ́ PROGRAMME. 5-5.15 pm A

1. My Kingdom for 2- I'm one step ahead

Shadow.

8. To Mary, with love.

With thee I swing

Interval.

5.15-5.20

music from ZB.W

5.2045:35

5. Free

6. Bye, bye, Baby.

7. Your heart and mine. 8. Bojangles of Harlem. 5.35-5.45 p.m.- Interval of

music from Z.B.W.

5.45-6 pm—-

9. Dreaming again.

From The Studio

kilocɣeles esti

8.05 p.m.-Variety made Piano-Atcordion Solos

Lulu's back in town.. In a little

Orchestra Bell

Anton and the

Humorous

cott-Wood.

eatre Orchestra.

The young Laird a Toast of Robert

Burns

recorded

∙Piano Medley

No R 22

“Banjo: Salo

Orchestra

recorded

La Vivandiere

Villiam McCulloch.

Basin Street Blues,

E-Flat: Blues,

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Charlie Kunz.

Ernest Jones.

Nat Gonella & his Georgians. 8.30 p.m. London The Open Golf

Championship. A commentary

On

10. At the close of a long long day. 6.40 pm-Gracie Fields (Vocal),

the play from Carnoustie Scotland:-

11. La Bomba.

12.

Cabälero.

6 p.m. From the Studio. A Children's Concert.

6.45 p.m.-Pianoforte Solos.

Sonata in F Sharp Major, Op. 78

(Beethoven)

Egon Petri. 1st Movement Adagio cantabile;- Allegro, ma non troppo. » 2nd Movement-Allegro vivace. Paganini Etude in E Flat Major (Pa»

ganini, arr. Liszt & Busoni),

Vladimir, Horowitz. Children's Corner Suite (Debussy), 6.57 p.m. -Intermezzo And Act II of Vladimir Horowitz. “Madame Butterdy”:-(Puccini), "pisy- ed by Members Orchestra, and Chorus of La Scala Opera Company: Milan,

tions:and-Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report

Your dog's come home again.

I all the world were mine.

You and the night and the music. Erbert Enery. Epplethwaite,

When the Robin sings his song again, 8.55 p.m.-Welsh Songs by William

Edwards (Tenor). Brender Bywyd (The Frailty of Life),

(Mantglyn).

www

Cywydd Y Gof (The Blacksmith'a

Song), (Hiralthog),

Cywydd Y Dilyw (Song of the food),

(Hiralthog & Ap Fychan).

Fy Olwen I (Olwen mine), (Crwys), - 9.06 p.m-Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie, No. 7 in A-Flat Major, Op. 61,-play- [ed. by "Arthur Rubinstein (Piano- 9.20 3.m.--London News and An-

forte).

nouncements. 15

To shift or not to shift, that is]cess of elimination East next con the question. Whether 'tis better sidered what heart he should lead. to plug away at partner's first-led. His 9-7 were a tenace over dummy's suit, or to take a pot shot ``în an-{eight. If West had the tenof other direction makes both average hearts all heart leads by East would 7.30 pm Closing focal Stock Quota 9.10 p.m. Schumann Quartet in A and expert players nibble their nails be the same. If West had the or stroke their beards,

38 the queen and not the ten a low heart case may be. It must be admitted lead would be fatal. that at times it is difficult to find Acting on that sound premise a solution to this oft-recurring pro-East selected the nine of hearts, blem, but usually there will be many and this excellent attack was the 11 p.m. Close down, clews for the guidance of the dis-declarer's

undoing. He covered 805-11 tressed defender.

ten (it would not have

from 2.EK

To-day's han with

illustrates not only a sound shift mattered had he played either the

of suits but a shrewd selection the card within the suit.

South, dealer.

Neither side vulnerable.

WEST

S 9 8 7 2

H Q 5 2

DK 6

C 6 6 3 2

NORTH

S KJ 10

HA 8 4 DJ 10.9 3. 2 CQ 7

SOUTH

S.Q 6 5

EAST

39 7 6 D. 7 5 4 CA J 10

H K 10 3

DAQ 8-

CK 9 8 4

The bidding:

South

1 club

7.35 pm Dance Murdensom 8 p.m. Local: Time Signal, Weather,

Report and Announcements. +8.03 p.m.--From the Studio.

A Chinese Concert:

me European programme

640

for, Dg- 41, No.3, played by the Lener String Quartet.

Ginster (Soprano). 10.13 p.m. Schnmann Songs by Ria

Meine Rose.

(a) Schone Fremde (b) 7. Fremde; (c) Geisternahe. 10.23 p.m.-Dance Music.

p.m. Close down.

What's On At the Cinemas

THE

QUEEN'S

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king or small heart), West played the queen, and dummy's ace won the trick. Now the diamond finesse was taken, West winning and return- ing a heart. Dummy played low AT and East's six spot forced the king.Street", with Katharine Hepburn and Live”, with John Howard, Nan Grey, "Quality AT THE ALHAMBRA - "Let Them Later East had to get on lead with Franchot Tone. All the charm and Robert Warwick and William Davidson. the ace of clubs, and cashed his quaintness of the English countryside A significant phase of modern life por- jack and seven of hearts for the in this film. It is the story of a young story of the valiant battle of a young

during the Napoleonic era is captured trayed with dramatic intensity. defeat of the contract.

girl who falls in love with a young doctor to compel a political boss to im- doctor who goes to the war and after prove health conditions in a city. his return ten years later fails to cognise her.

It is interesting to note that no other card could have been led by East at the second trick to achieve this result.

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To-day's Question Question: Kindly give the rect bidding on the following hands. Both sides vulnerable and oppon ents never entered the bidding.

South (dealer)

North

West North East S KQ 9 6 Pass 1 diamond-Pass H 8

1 no trump Pass 3 no tramp Pass D AJ 5

Pass

.

Psas

CAK 8 6 5

West opened the nine of spades, South

1 club 1 spade

́ ́S A 10 4

HAQ 95 3 D Q 7 6 4 ca

no

North 1 heart

dummy played the ten, and East, seeing no reason to hold up the ace, won the trick. Rather than The bids shown are, I think, more return the opening lead automatical- or less automatic, but what should ly and woodenly East considered North bid on the second round? his problem from different angles. Answer: Over one spade North First, there was the chance that has the following more or less plau- the nine of spades had been a short sible responses: Two

trump, suit opening in which case rethree hearts, two diamonds, two turn would be downright silly spades, three no trump, and if I had Second, even if West had a four orito I probably could find some other five card spade suit, from the cards bids not wholly illogical. None of in sight in dummy and East's own the above is quite satisfactory, but hand it was obvious that West could I believe two no trump has the least not have sufficient entries to clear wrong with it. "Three hearts" sug- `and cash spade tricks. Thus a shift gests a stronger-heart suit and less was quite logical. There was no outside strength, two diamonds” is sense-shifting to diamonds. Dum-misleading and not forcing, my was much too long in that suit, ades" too weak and three and the club situation, South hay-spades" too strong as far ing started with a club bid, ap-spade support is co

concerned, peared equally unpropitious. Hav no trump” implies greater fing arrived at hearts by

strength than is held.

THE

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