1937-07-10 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 10, 1937.

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Programme:

From The Studio

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme 12.30 p.m. The Ballyhooligans.

Fox-Trot Medley-

The Ballyhooligans make whoopee.

Fox-Trot

Bugle call rag.

Tiger rag.

Quickstep

Canadian Capers.

Raggin' the scale.

12.49 p.m.—Albert Sander (Violin).

Algerian Scene.

The Phantom Melody (Ketelbey). Grinzing (Benatzky).

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

ther Report.

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1.03. p.m.-Songs by Lucienne Boyer

(Soprano).

This is the kiss of romance.

I found a bit of Paris in the heart

f of Old New York.

Ballade

Landerirette.

1.15 p.m.-Light Orchestral.

The song is ended (Berlin),

Serenade" (Moszkowski),

Carroll Gibbons & the Savoy

Hotel Orpheans. Free and Easy (Porschmann), Gipsy Wine (Bitter),

Barnabas Von Geczy & his Orch. 1.30. p.m.-Reuter Press; Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.

1.40 p.m.-A Variety and Dançe. Pre-

gramme.

BRIDGE NOTES

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

Orchestra-

Queen of Hearts-March,

We'll rest at the end of the trail, Sydney Kyte & the Piccadilly

Hotel Band.

Piano Selection---

"Home And Beauty,"

Nikolaus Brodszky.

Vocal- “Lilac Domino” Waltz Song, My heart will be dancing,

June Knight (Soprano). Cinema Organ Solos

**The Mikado" Selection,

Vocal-

Gypsy love,

Reginald Foort.

Vienna bonbons-Waltz Song,

Joseph Schmidt (Tenor).

Orchestra-

Basin Street Blues,

12.15

Nobody's sweetheart-Fox-Trot,

Billy Cotton & his Cotton Pickers. p.m.-Close down.

4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7 p.m.-12 midnight.— European

gramme:

Pro-

7. p.m.-Benno Moiseivitch (Pianoforte)

and Yehudi Menuhin (Violin). Violin Solos-

La Fille aux cheveux de lià

(Debussy, arr. Hartmann). Songs my mother taught me (Dvorak, arr. Persinger).

By ELY CULBERTSON

Entering A Tournament

"Dear Mr. Culbertson:

"I have no objection to your re- WEST printing this letter, provided that S 10 9 you delete my name and address. IH A Q 6 5 3 don't want to run into a lot of D A 8

kidding from my pals. My regular C J 10 6 2 partner and I think we play pretty| good contract, but since neither of us ever has played away from home, which happens to be in a town of about 80,000, we can't be certain that we measure up to expert speci-| fications.

CA 8

SOUTH

EAST SAK Q3 2 H 10 9 7 2 DK 7 3 2

C None

Pianoforte Solos

Rondo. (Hummel). Isoldons Liebestod (Liszt). Violin Solos

Moto Perpetuo (Paganini)~~ La Ronde des Lutins (Bazzini); Pianoforte Solos-142

Rhapsody in E Flat (Brahms). Jeux d'eau (Ravel)."

7.30 p.m.-Hong Kong Stock Exchange Summary and Exchange Market Re- port 7.35 p.m.

chestra.

Marek Weber and His Or-

"Hanon"Fantasia (Massenet, arr.

Tavan).

Suite Orientale (Popy).

Columbine's rendezvous (Heykens). Song of Paradise (King).

8 p.m. Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m. A Request Variety. Pro-

gramme.

Fox-Trots

Free.....Ambrose & his Orchestra. Some other time,

Maurice Winnick & his Orchestra. Drop in next time you're passing,......... Jack Hylton & his Orch. Rumba-Cuban Pete,

Joe Loss & his Orchestra.

Fox-Trot

May I have the next romance?

Ambrose & his Orchestra.]

Instrumental-

Six hits of the day,

Primo Scala's Accordeon Band. Vocal

You are free,

Nelson Eddy (Baritone), Gracie's and Sandy's Party,

Gracie Fields & Sandy Powell. Take ma boots off when ah dies,

The Hill Billies. Plantation Songs,

Paul Robeson (Bass). Vocal, Violin & Piano

An Old Violin.......... Albert Sandler, Olive Groves & Jean Melville. Vocal

Tralee (from-film “Evensong”),

Walter Glynne (Tenor). Vocal Duet

Moon-Enchanted. .....Dora Labette. & Hubert Eisdell, with the J. H. Squire Celeste Octet.

S J 8 5

H None

DQ 10 4 CK-Q 9 7 5 4 3

Vocal

West Double

North Pass

Dance Music From

The

Hong Kong Hotel

River")...Paul Robeson (Bass).

Orchestra

"London Again" Suite (Coates),

London Palladium ( Orchestra.

8.55 p.m.-From the Studio.

Frank V Read on Local Lawn Bowls. 9.10 p.m.-Request Variety Programme

(Continued). Orchestral- Fugue

in G

Minor ("Little"),

(Bach, arr. Stokowski)...Leopold Stokowski & the Philadelphia

Symphony Orchestra

Pianoforte Solo-

Fur Elise (Beethoven),

Violin Solo

Arthur Schnabel.

Fritz Kreisler.

Londonderry Air (arr. Kreisler),

Orchestral-

Fingal's Cave Overture

(Mendelssohn),

St. Louis Symphony Orch. News and An-

9.30 p.m.-London

nouncements.

9.55 p.m. Relay of the Dance Orches

tra from the Grill-Room of the Hong Kong Hotel.

PROGRAMME.

10.15-10.30 p.m.

1. Rainbow on the river.

Streamlined Greta Green Cowboy,

8.

4.

Rhythm excursion.

10.30-10.35 p.m.-Interval

Music from-Z.B.W.

10.35-10.50 p.m.-

Recorded

Girl on the Police Gazette.

6. He ain't got rhythm.

5.

7.

This year's kisses.

8.

Slumming on Park Avenue.

10.50-11 pm Interval of Recorded

Music from Z.B.W.

11-41.15 pm.--

29.

Follow your heart

Waltz.

10. Blue Venetian Waters.

11.

12.

When I grow too old to dream. Blue Danube.

11,15-11.20 p.m.-Interval of Recorded

Music from Z.B.W-

11.20-11.35 p.m.

13. September in the rain.

14. An excuse for dancing. 15. Melody for two: 16. Lady be good. 11.35-11.45 ·p.m.--

17.

Smoke dreams.

18. In a little Hula Heaven. : 19. Blue Hawaii.

20.

Another perfect night is ending. Canoe Song (from "Sanders of the 12 midnight.—Close down. *

What's On At the Cinemas

The bidding: East

South "We would like to enter one of 1 spade 2 clubs the major tournaments in the pair Pass Pass match, feeling that no matter how This hand came up in the pair we fared we would have a lot of fun match of the Great Lakes tourna- and gain valuable experience. Na-ment, recently held in Chicago. The Street", with Katharine Hepburn and alm

AT THE QUEEN'S “Quality(a good comedy drama should offer, this turally, we wouldn't want to be dis-New York expert who held the Franchot Tone.

has a splendid cast assembled All the charm and which includes John Boles, Doris No- graced and come back home with South hand thought, when he saw quaintness of the English countryside lan, our tails between our legs.

Walter Pidgeon, Tala Birrell, the dummy, and even after he had in this film. It is the story of a young Alan Mowbray, and Esther Ralston. during the Napoleonic era is captured Ernest Cossart, Katherine Alexander, "What I should like to ask, there-been defeated one trick, that he girl who falls in love with a young The dialogue is sparkling, the direc fore, is just this: Are strangers, would get a high score on the board. doctor who goes to the war and after tion, brilliant, and it is one of the sea- who may not be up to the highest His disappointment was keen when his return ten years later fails to re-son's best offerings caliber of play, well received at he found that a great many other these tournaments, and can they players had landed in precisely the be assured that the other contest-same spot. I can understand his ants will not look on them as from disappointment and his surprise, Olympian heights?

for East-West could have made a game easily in spades or hearts. That they settled for a measly 100 points was

their

“Timidly yours,

“M. A. JE”

am credit.

I respect a confidence and holding out the actual source of the above query, but the question and answer deserve widespread dissem- ination.

Theainly not to

cognise her.

AT THE KING'S AT THE MAJESTIC—“Maytime”

“Night: Must Musical Springtime romance, with all which brings Robert Montgomery in an Fall. An unusual and bizarre picture its appealing beauty and charm," "en- entirely different role and the lovely. atic settings to form a suitable back- includes Dame May Whitty, Merle Tot- chanting scenery and gorgeous oper- Rosalind Russell. The supporting cast. ground for the irresistible Jeannette tenham, Matthew Bolton and Kathleen MacDonald, who surpasses herself. Harrison, Alan Marshal, E. E. Clive Nelson Eddy, whose marvellous voice and others complete the cast. heir and attractive personality, finds great

THE

West players, in my scope plays the leading male role. John AT THE ORIENTAL—“Let's Make opinion, were 95 per cent respon-Barrymore heads the long list of not- A Million," with Edward Everett Hor- sible for the poor result.

able names in the supporting cast ton and the famous “Pixilated Sisters” which includes Herman Bing and Ra- of "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town”. With any one but a bridge moron | faella Ottiani. Strangers are most decidedly wel-overcalling spades with two clubs,

AT THE STAR — “Million Dollar come at all tournaments, the only West should not be so quick on the AT THE ALHAMBRA—“As Good Ransom," with Edward Arnold and

trigger as to double. In a game in As Married”-Offering everything that Mary Carlisle. exception being one or two a affairs to which entrance is gained in one

which total points are: the deciding case by invitation, and in the other factor, I would criticize East for by virtue of having Won

leaving in the double, but at match. tional qualifying. tournament (the Points I do not believe he should be latter is the Grand National of the censured. It is true that his hand United States Bridge association, is not well suited to the defence held in New York, this year's date against two clubs, but neither çan being the latter part of April. With the assume that a game for his side these exceptions, unknown teams are

is in the offing. For all he knows, welcome, and enthusiastically so. I two clubs, even if defeated only one trust that this answer will result in

trick, might be the best possible an influx of many players at.

all result. tournamentą, ERGOAGA

A BAD DOUBLE

East, dealer.

Neither side vulnerable.

NORTH

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The exigencies of match play must modify the optional fea- tures of doubles, and for that rea- son the doubler must

must take precau-

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tions. In this case, a two heart bid by West would have been im measurably superior to a premature penalty double.

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