1938-02-04 — Page 22

Scheherazade

By Rimsky-Korsakov: Stokowski

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 4, 1988.

Today's Wireless

12 noon.-Relay of Service of Interces-

sion from St. John's Cathedral, 12.30 p.m.-Ballads.

12.42 p.m.-London Palladium -Orches-

tra.

Bells Across The Meadow (Kotelbey). The Phantom Melody (Ketelbey). Wedgewood Blue (Ketelbey), In The Moonlight (Ketélbey).

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal & Weather

Report.

1.03 p.m.-Schubert-Duo For

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's :

6-7. p.m. Chinese Programme. 7 p.m.---New Variety.

7.30 p.m.-Local Stock and Exchange

Quotations.

7.35 p.m.--Mischa Elman (Violin)...

Zigeunerweisen (Saragato, Op. 20).

Piano accom, by Carroll Hollister. 7.43 p.m.-Debussy.

Piano And Violin In A Major, Op. 162. Played by Sergei Rachmaninoff (Piano) and Fritz Kreisler (Violin). 1.30 p.m.-Reuter & Rugby Press; Lo-

cal Weather Forecast and Announce-8

ments.

1.40 p.m. Variety.

2.15 p.m.-Close down.

BRIDGE NOTES

· Petite Suite.

: ZEK 640 k.c's.

(a) Hornpipe; (b) Minuet; (c) Rustic Dance; (d) Jig....Orchestre Ray: monde cond. by G, Walter. 8.10 p.m.-London Relay

!

Gems From Unfamiliar. Operas:

Rev. Sargent

GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m.). GSB 9.51 me/a (31,55 m.)

G.M.T.

8.45 Recital of Welsh Songs and 8.15 a.m.-Big Ben. At the Black Dog."

Duets.

Food For 9.05 a.m.-The Tom Jones Octet. Thought'. Three short talks on mat-2-20 a.m.-Cards on the Table."

9:50 am.-Next Week's Programmes. 10.00 a.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

ters of topical interest. 8.30 p.m.-Orchestral Prologue to Stu-

dio-Rev. C. B. R.

10.15 am Sargent 27th series of opera: "Gems from Unfami- liar Operas".

9.30 p.m.--London Relay-The News.

Symphony Orchestra cond. by Piero Coppola. La Plus Que Lente Waltz

Heifetz (Violin) piano accom. by 9.50 p.m, —

Isidor Achron.

p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather ~Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Merrie Ergland

(German).

Dances

By ELY CULBERTSON

Psychic Overcalls

"Dear Mr. Culbertson: I am send- that purported to disclose her bit- ing you a hand which doesn't illus-ter regret at holding worthless cards trate a thing except the fallibility in a crisis. of probability and the strain

to

which a hand of bridge, without "North, partly because he was being spectacular, can subject the born that way and partly because air of easy friendliness that should he remembered that he'd forgotten pervade a Victorian Vermont living to bring in the lawn, chairs, bid room where a few rubbers are be three no trump. ing played at a fortieth of a cent a point.

WEST

S.--9

NORTH

S.-A 10 78 H.-K Q 10 8 7 D.-J C.-J 6 3

H.-A J 9 6 5 D. A Q 9 2

C.-A Q 7

EAST

"West at this point took off her mask and, with a very ungenteel leer, doubled. Rightly disregarding her partner's bid, she opened with the two of diamonds. By playing East for a complete bust, a blank in hearts, and six or seven spades to the jack, I made three no trump. I think I am right in saying that North and South can make three no trump on the hands against any

S.-J 8 6 5 4 2 defence. H.-None D.-6 5 4 3 C.-8 4 2

NORTH

S.-K Q

H. 4 3 2 D.-K 10 8 7

C.-K 10 9 5

- Rimsky-Korsakov Sche- herazade, Op. 35. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 10.40 p.m.-Russian Folk Songs and

Other Music.

11

On the Volga River. The Volga Boatman

Chorus.

10.25 a.m.-Close Down.

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies———

GSJ 21.53. Mc/s (18.98 m GSH-21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.). GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.78 m.)

10.45 a.m.-Big Ben. 'City of Music." 11.45 a.m. Recital by Keith Falkner

(Baritone).

12.10 p.m. Food for Thought.'

p.m.-Close Down.

Pas D'Action, Op. 52, No. 5 (Gla-12.30 p.m.-Dance Music.

zounov).... Chicago Symphony Or. 1.20 p.m.-Next Week's Programmes. chestra cond, by Frederich Stock 1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce- Russian Medley Of Folk Songs (Tra

ments. Greenwich Time Signal at £45 p.m.. ditional-arr: Sorokin). e? Gypsy Caravan (Traditional-arr: Sorokin)....Sorokin Russian Choir. "Eugen Onegin"—Waltz (Tchaikovsky) .........Royal Opera Orchestra, Covent Garden cond. by Eugene Goossens. p.m.-Close down.

BROADCAST FROM

DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies—

GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16,86 m. GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19,76 m.

TRANSMISSION, 3

Frequencies-

GSH 21.47 Mc/s. (1897 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.88 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.)

GSJ (to 3.80 p.m.) 21.58 Me/#

1.55 p.m. Opening Announcements. 2.00 p.m.-Big Ben. The BBC Empire ·

Orchestra.

300 p.m. I've Been Told

talk by Anthony Weymouth. 3.15 p.m.-Dance Music.

A

3.40 p.m. More Songs from Here and

There.'

4.00 p.m.The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

4.15 p.m.

4.20 p.m.-Next Week's Programmes. 4.30 p.m.-Virtue in Dreams.' A play- 5.00 p.m.-Close Down.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE ALHAMBRA

Night

Key", with Boris Karloff, Jean Rogers Lifetime"

AT THE QUEEN'S “Thrill Of A "Soon after that West, the hos-role" Boris is seen in this picture as Cavova and Dorothy Lamour.

and Warren Hull. Playing a “straight| Johnny Downs, Yacht Club Boys, Judy with Eleanore Whitney, tess, back in character, gave

us an inventor of a burglary system who liant cast of comedy players in a fast A bril- some sandwiches and fudge

is cheated by partners, ruined and res-moving story of young love done to cake with whipped cream and iced coffee, future.

ponsible for his daughter's

How he wrecks the system,

bleak music and produced on a lavish scale. and we all agreed that we must play defies the police, gangsters and force

* ** ** again soon.

his foes to give him back his rights form the plot of the story.

"Yours truly,

"C. B., Montpelier, Vt.” My correspondent's sprightly com- ments need no elaboration. It must

resort.

*

*

*

The

A

AT THE ORIENTAL-"On Avenue."Irving Berlin's latest. New York real life romance set to mu- AT THE KING'S "Charlie Chan at roll, Alice Faye, Ritz Brothers, George sic. With Dick Powell, Madeleine Car- Monte Carlo": Another of Warner Barbier, Alan Mowbray, Cora Withers- Oland's production and supported by "North and South were vulner-

Keye Lake and Virginia Field with the Poon, Stepin Fetchit and Sig Rumann. able. North dealt and opened with

background of the great gambling one heart. (This, I warn you, is a

*

** AT THE MAJESTIC “Thunder In thoroughly immoral tale; the pro- have been

been quite a shock to Becky

The CityOne of the most brilliantly tagonists of evil, in the form of bad Sharp (reincarnated) for the op- good woman love two men at the same from a British studio with Edward G. AT THE STAR-"Angel.”—Can a produced and directed films emanating bidding, come to a good end, tem-ponents to have romped home with time 2 A fascinating, devastating "An- Robinson giving a flawless perform porarily. In a sequel I may be able against her comparative powerhouse blem and supplies the surprising an- not miss. The cast includes Luli Des

their three no trump contract gel", brought to life by glamorous Mar- ance.

lene Dietrich both presents the pro-entertainment which filmgoers should This is a full-blooded dramatic terrific fall.) After all, North and her partner's spade bid. Onswer. The all-star cast includes Mar- te, Nigel Bruce, Constance Collier," figured, he had both majors, a sing" taking tricks, but at least five Lene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Ralph Richardson. Annie Esmond, Eli-

to show that pride went before

a

leton, and a $2 ticket to win on Grandpa's Boy, which had come in that afternoon at Suffolk Downs for $19.20.

"East, who had a bad cold and who gets, I think, a keener emotion- al thrill from a psychic bid than she has had from anything connect-

the face of it West

trouble was that she couldn't get rid of the lead often enough to cash them in. The moral, if any, is that paychic overcalls, such as East's, rarely come to a good end.

TODAY'S QUESTION

Question: Please advise the cor-

ed with cards since she last played rect call for South at point indicat- military whist, bid 'wud spade.' ed below. The bidding was:

North

and 1 heart

West

East South Pass 1 no trump Pass

"South, myself, both victor villain of the piece, strongly sus-2 no trump-Pass pecting East's bid, but not my South's hand: partner's, bid two no trump.

"West, a charming Christian wo 8-K 52 Hą man ordinarily, who becomes a re-

Incarnation of Becky Sharp the

10-4-2

Answer: South should bid

minute she sits down to a bridge table, pasɛed with a piteous sigh, no trump.

Douglas, Edward Everett Horton and zabeth Inglis, Cyril Raymond, Nancy Herbert Mundin.

Burne and Billy Bray.

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