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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 15, 1997

"La Boheme" Gramophone Recital

By Rev. Sargent

Today's Wireless

12-12-20 p.m.-Relay of Special Service

from St. John's Cathedral..

12.30 p.m.--De Groot & His Orchestra. 'Samson And Delilah'-Selection

(Saint-Saens).

Traume. (Wagner).. Autumn (Chaminade).

Other Days (Selection of Popular

Melodies arr. Finck).

1250 pm-Joseph Hislop (Tenor).

Annie Laurie.

Jessie, The Flower Of Dunblane

(Smith).

Ye Banks And Braes (arr. Lees).

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Westber

Report

1.03 p.m.-Variety.

Vocal

Little Brown Jug Granny's Old Arm-Chair.

Frank Grumit (Tenor). Piano-'Oh Your Toes Piano Medley (Hart & Rodgers)....Vivian Ellis. Comedienne-

Aren't Women Wonderful?

(Shapiro & Scott).

He Hadn't Up Till Yesterday

(Wright, Haines, Tucker & Mes-

kil)

Sophie Tucker. Novelty Carroll Gibbons Birthday Party Carroll Gibbons with anmerous well known artists. 1.30 pm-Renter & Raghy Press;

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845 kc's ..:: ZEK 640 kes

Local Weather Forecast nouncements

140 pm-Dance Music. 2.15.pmClose down.

4-7 pam-Chinese Programme. 7-11 pm-European Programme. 7.p.m-Leshe Hutchinson (Piano).

You And The Night And The Music.

(revue: Stop, Press').

Blue Moon (Hart-Rodgers). These Foolish Things (Marvell-Strachey).

7.10 p.m.-Roy Fox & His Orchestra.

Fax-Trots

Bird On The Wing.

Riding Down The Sunset Trail Walt Stars.In My Eyes (film "The

King steps out). Fax-Trots......

At The Cafe: Continental Where Are You? (film "Top of the

Town"). Carelessly.

Waltz-No More (C. B. Cochran's

Revue Home & Beauty E

".

7:30 pm Closing local Stock: Quota- tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report.

1735 pm-Variety.

Vocal-

By ELY CULBERTSON

OVERCONFIDENCE

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Overconfidence probably has been harm was done, because South per- the cause of more defeats since thesisted with his long suit and land- dawn of time than any other sin-led the contract. «.

gle factor. In contract the overcon-

COM-

fidence virus seems to take great West mentally tossed a coin for glee in attacking experts exclusive his opening lead and hit upon the ly. Most of the debacles suffered eight of clubs. Declarer glanced by this class happen on compara-cursorily at the dummy and tively simple hands. The expert cluded that the only way he could! glances at the hand and jumps to lose his contract was to find both the unsound conclusion that the the ace of diamonds and the ace of Absent mind- contract is a "cinch" He rattles spades "off side.”

North, dealer. Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

S-K 98.4 H-A KJ 6 D-K Q 5 C-A J

My First Thäll

Do The Runaround (Film She

have music?

Piano-

June Clyde (Soprano).

I Am Playing Farewell To Fox-Trot (Kirchstein).

I Have A Heart For Lovely Wo-

men-Waltz (Kmneke),

Vocal

Tzinga Doodle-Day

Fred Stein.

You Look So Sweet, Madame (film)9.3

"The Beloved Vagabond).

es

Devon And

set Folk Songs Relay From London

Fince, Moore

Lear

To Lose

Maurice Chevalier (Baritone). 9.50

Orchestral

Tuning The Town Upside Down

(film OHMS/).

Taking A Stroll Around The Par

(fim Variety Parade) Louis Lery & His Gaumont-British Symphony

3 pm. Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements

$.03 pm Studio-Harry Talbot (Bari-

tone) and A. T. Lay (Piano). 1 Passing By (E. C. Parcell).

2. Down In The Forest (Simpson

Ronald).

3. Mifanwy (Weatherly Forster).

Harry Talbot. 4- Coronach (Edgar Barrett)

A. E. Lay. 5. Oh, Could I But Express In Song,

(Malashkin), bet

6. 'A Vucchella (Tosti)

Harry Talbot

$.23 p.m.-Albert Sandler & His Or-

chestra.

Sandler Minnets

King steps ont)

Derom

-Rev. C. BR- Ser gent 20th of a series of Opera: La Boheme” (Puccini) Act IV. 10:30 pm Light Variety.

Accordeon Band When The Sual- lows Nest Agam (Stevens-Ed- Seinind)} Primo Scala's Accord-

deon Band

Vocal J'attends Un Navire (Weill,

Deval)_______Lys Ganty (Soprano). Orchestral If You Were The Only

Girl Memories (Nat D. "Ayer); Carroll Gibbons (Exão) & His Boy trends. VocalDue

Will You Remem

time

Farewell To Dreams (Kahn Rom

Jennette MadBon

(Soprano) & Nelson Eday (Ban tone):

Orchestral-

That Matchless Pair Of Eyes

-(Pete & Falussy).

I'll Give You Away To God

(Dr. Sindor Jano).

p.m.

Hungarian Gypsy Band

Close down.

Intro: Mozart Minnet in E flat;

Biset Minnet from L'Aresien-11 ne'; Boccherini Minnet, Handel 'Berenice Minuet, Beethoven: Minuet in G, Mosari Minnet and m. DJE 1689 m. DEN 31,45 m, DIQ

Trio, Divertimento, No. T

The Second Serenade (Heykens). Song Of The Nightingale

(Hudson & Aibout)2

The Land Of Smiles (Lebar)

1. Patiently Smiling.

2 You Are My Hearts Delight. None But The Wear Heart

- BERLIN BROADCAST-

On stations DJA SE38 m, DJB 19.74

155 p.m.-Tips for radiofans.

3. pn-News and economic review in

English.

45 pm. Musical treasures.

8 p.m.-News in English

10.15 p.m. day in Germany.

What's On At the Cinemas

off a few cards, finds an unfavour-edly playing the club jack on the able distribution, and suddenly, first trick, thereby forcing himself but too late, awakens to the fact to take the lead, he sent a heart to that all is lost, including honour the ace, and only when East show-

AT THE ORIENTAL “Slave Ship", AT THE MAJESTIC "Pagliacci.”— That was the case in to-day's handled out did he awaken to the fact

with that he now was in a bad fix.

Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery A rare musical treat presented by Tra- No matter where the diamond Mickey Rooney, George Sanders, Jane falgar films with Richard Tauber in the Darwell and Jospeh Schildkraut. Bax principal roles and Miss Steffi Duna. and spades aces were, how could heter plays the part of a sea captain who Supporting these two is a star cast comfortably return to his own hand gives up the slave traffic, but is doubleheaded by Diana Napier, who in real for the vital heart finesse? The crossed by his mutinous crew under life is Mrs. Tauber, Arthur Margetson, the influence of Wallace Beery, Thus Esmond Knight, Jerry Verno and Gor- answer was that he couldn't!

the voyage he had planned as a honey-don James. moon with his young bride becomes a Desperate, he led a spade away slave running adventure with the from the king toward his jack, hop-couple continually in danger of death. ing that he could gain entry even-

AT THE STAR-Hollywood Party. tually by ruffing a spade, and later

A real crazy picture with 100 Holly would find the diamond ace on side wood's funniest comedians. so that he need concede only twoj spades and one diamond. The spade AT THE KING'S “Saratoga”, with jack losing to West's queen, how Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Laughs ever, a diamond switch dashed this and tears, thrills and romance, mingle in this picture. A vivid story of the hope. Before declarer could get racetrack, with paddock intrigue, 3 back to his hand for the heart great race, unusual characters, in which AT THE ALHAMBRA—New Faces finesse he had lost four tricks. a delicate romance is woven, the play of 1937. A series of musical comedies two in diamonds and two in spades. is an ideal one for these stars. They inaugurated with this picture to bring hate, fight, and love through an actions new talent from the entertainment packed drama in which much whimsical markets of the world to the screen Au-. Overconfidence had been declar-comedy leavens the heavier moments... diences. er's ruin. How easy it would have! been to preserve a club entry in the almost entryless South hand by put ting up dummy's club ace on the first play! The heart king would reveal the trump situation and

WEST

S.-A. Q.5 2

·H-Q 9 4 D.-87.3

EAST

S.-10.6.3

H-None D.-A J 10 2

C.-10.9 6 4 3 2

SOUTH

SJT

H -10 8.7 5.3

D.-9 £ 4. C.-K Q

The bidding-

North

East South

2 no trump-Pass 3 hearts S no trump Pass 4 hearts Pass

Pass

club lead would permit declarer to pick-up the heart queen on a finesse. West Later, a fourth round of hearts Pass would give declarer another entry for the necessary lead toward, in- Pass stead of away from, the spade king.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION

Although the point to-day con- cerns play, I had better take a pass-- Question: Dealer opened the bid- ing shot at North's opening two no ding with one heart. I second hand, triump bid it was wrong from held S 87 HA7 DK Q109 CK! every angle. The distribution was 3.9 6 4 Should I have overcalled, not the correct 4 3.3.3, and there with two clubs or passed?. were neither sufficient honour

tricks nor winners for the huge bid Answer: If vulnerable, pass; if of two no trump. One heart was not vulnerable, the bid should be the correct opening. No great two clubs.

AT THE QUEEN'S “Banjo on My Knee-With Barbara Stanwyck, Joel Walter Catlett, Katherine de Mille and McCrea, Helen Westley, Buddy Ebsen,

Anthony Martin. A thrill musicale. depicting the tragicomedy that is the life story of the river-boat people on the Mississippi.

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