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Mrs. Mathieson

In Studio Song Recital

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 18, 1939.

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-The Carlyle Cousins, The Three Musketeers, Ronnie Munroe & His Orchestra.

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49.M.

(9.52 megacycles)

1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Pross, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

· Little Heaven Of The Seven Song-

Fox-Trot; Hawaiian Hospitality-1.40 Fox-Trot (film 'Rhythm in tho Clouds'). Ronnie Munro & His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain. America Calling. Intro: Dear old Southland; Bam bam Bammy shoes; Carleston back to Charles- ton; St. Louis Blues; An Orange Grove in California; Broadway melody; Chicago; Beautiful Ohio;] Avalon; On the Mississippi.....The. Carlyle Cousins (Vocal Trio) with Quaglino's Quartet

Sweet Genevieve-Fox-Trot...Ronnie

Munro, & His Orchestra. Ballerina (Bootz); The Old Bassoon (Ashlyn)....The Three Musketeors with Piano accomp. Margie Fox-Trot (film 'The Big Ap.

ple');

Farewell Blues-Fox-Trot (film 'The Big Apple").....Ronnie Munro & His Orchestra.

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wen-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.

p.m.-Saint-Saens 'Septet' and Other Compositions. The Deluge Prelude (Op. 45)...Tos- cha Seidel (Violin) with Max Ra- binovitch at the Piano, "Samson And Delilah" Softly Awakes My Heart.. Mlle. G. Cornay and Georges Thill' (Duet). with Orchestra. Septet (Op. 65)

Nm. Foveau (Trumpet); Cantrelle (1st Violin), Bellanger (2nd Violin). Vieux (Viola), Marneff ('Cello), Nanny (Double-bass) and Fauro (Piano) Danse Macabre, Op. 40.. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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2.15 p.m.-Close down.

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6 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.

(a) You go to my head; (b) It's d'loveley; (c) Where in the World; (d) Mocking bird.

"Fats" Waller and His 6.14 p.m.-Record: Jan Kiopura Film] Rhythm with Mildred Bailey and Melodies....Marcel Palotti (Organ), Sophie Tucker.

6.21 p.m(a) Spell of a Voo-doo Drum; (b) Waddlin' at the Waldorf; (c) Taint Good; (d) That foolish feeling.

Stay Out Of The South (Dixon),

Sophie Tucker (Vocal) with Ted Shapiro & His Orchestra. Don't You Know Or Don't You Care

Fox-Trot; Lost Love-Fox-Trot "Fars" Waller & His Rhythm with Vocal Refrain. and Piano by "Fats" Waller. Viper's Drag

(Waller); Alligator Crawl (Waller)...."Fats" Waller (Piano). From The Land of the Sky Blue Water (Cadman); Lover, Come Back To Me (Romberg).... Mildred Bailey (Vocal) & Her Orchestra. Cryin' Mood-Fox-Trot; Pardon My Love-Fox-Trot....."Fats" Waller & His Rhythm with Vocal Refrain] and Piano by "Fats" Waller.

6.35 p.m.-Records:

Waltz Medley;

A Thousand And One Nights, Waltz (J. Strauss)....Felix Weingartner conducting the British Symphony Orchestra.

Love Has Entered My Heart-Tan- go; Farewell, My Love-Tango .. Robert Renard Dance Orch.

("The My Darling Waltz

Gipsy Baron"-J. Strauss)

Berlin cond. by

State Opera Orchestra

Dr. Leo Blech.

Jealousy Tango Tzigane (Gade).... Boston Promenade Orchestra cond. by Arthur Fiedler.

7.35 p.m.-Noel Coward and Gertrude

Lawrence in Musical Comedy. Gertrude Lawrence Medley. Intro: Someone to watch over me; Cup of Coffee; Wild Thymes Experiment 9

Gertrude Lawrence (Soprano) with Orchestra. "Cavalcade"-Suite -Prologue-Tunes of 1899 to 1910.....Noel Coward (Talking) and New Mayfair Orch. Love Scene From "Private Lives",

Act 1 (Noel Coward).....Gertrude Lawrence & Noel Coward.

London Relay: "The Island

of Sark"

1. Two Chinese Lyrics (York Bo- wen): (a) The Gourd Has Still Its Bitter Loaves; (b) The Morn- ing Glory Climbs Above My Head.. ....Mrs. Neil Mathieson accomp. by Lindsay A. Läfford- (Piano).

2. Morris Dance (York Bowen):

Lindsay A. Lafford (Plano).

3. Two Poems by R. L. Stevenson (E. Quilter): (a) In The Highlands; (b) Over The Land Is April....... Mrs. Mathieson..

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4. Country Dance (York Bowen). Lindsay A. Lafford (Piano). Songs By Armstrong. Gibbs: (a) Oh, Nightingale Upon My Tree; (b) Love's Prisoner; (c) Sussex Ways.. Mrs. Neil Mathieson accomp. by Lindsay A. Lafford (Piano).

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p.m.-London Relay - 'Food Thought'. Three short talks matters of topical interest, 9.20 p.m.-Next week's programme, 9.25 p.m.-Chauve-Souris Selection. N. Balleff's Chauve-Souris Company with Guitars and The Cambridge Theatre Orchestra conducted by Ar- changelsky.

Scene From "Private Lives" Act 29.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News.

(Noel Coward)....Gertrude Law-9.50 p.m.-Orchestral. rence & Noel Coward.

Seene From "Family Album" ("To-

night at

8.30"-Noel Coward):

Aire Andsluz (Lucena).....Cordoba Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Jone Pablos,

Here's a Toast; The Musical Box 10 p.m.-London Relay The Island

Gertrude Lawrence, Noel Co- ward and Company acc. by The - Phoenix Theatre Orchestra, Lon- don, cond. by Clifford Greenwood.

Fox-Trot Medley....Billy Thorburn 8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

(Piano) with drums. "Top Hat" Selection.. .George Scott-Wood (Piano-Accordion) with Guitar, Bass and Drums.

6.35 p.m.-(a) Change Partners;

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Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording-A North-

ern Evening From Burbleton. ranged by T. Thompson.

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8.30 p.m.-Studio Recital by

Neil Mathieson (Contralto) Lindsay A. Lafford at the Piano.

Mrs. with

The Yam; (c) To you Sweetheart Aloha; (d) Goodnight Ladies.

7 p.m-Closing local Stock Quotations, 7.02 p.m.-Tangos and Waltzes.

Eternal Sun-Tango; Golden Stars Tango.....Heinz Huppertz and His Orchestra.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By the Four Aces)

David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald, Jacoby, Howard Schenken World's leading Team-of-Four. Inventors of the system that has

beaten every other system in existence.

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HIGH CARD VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTEM

A SURPRISE SLAM

Of Sark'. The last independent feu- del State within the British Empire. An account of the lives and customs of the people throughout the year, taken from electrical recordings made on the Island by La Dame De Serq. The music specially composed by Philip Sainton and played by Section C of the B.B.C. Orchestra' conducted' by the Composer. Written and pro- duced by Francis Dillon.

11 p.m.-Close down.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE MAJESTIC "The Hurri-] AT THE STAR—“Happy Landing”.. cane". Mighty drama of primitive Mirth, melody, spectacle and skating: people, living and loving in their South supreme in a dazzling romance of New Sea paradise until the storm broke and York and Norway that is packed with: law closed itr. From the novel by lilting song hits and glittering produc- Nordhoff and Hall, authors of "Mutiny tion numbers. on the Bounty".

Even more gorgeous The cast includes than either of Sonja's previous Huc- Dorothy Lamonr, Jon. Hall, Mary cesses. Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mit-Sonja Henic, Don Ameche, Jean Her- The splendid cast includes chell, Raymond Massey, John Carra-'sholt, Ethel Merman, dine and Jerome Cowan.

Cesar Romero, Billy Gilbret and Leah Ray.

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AT THE ORIENTAL “Little Tough Guy", with Helen Parrish, Jackie Searl AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Carnival! and Robert Wilcox. The story is Queen", with Robert Wilcox, Dorothea happens to one family when tragedy love at Carnival time._ simple powerful narrative about what Kent Hobart Cavanaugh. A story of strikes. It begins when the father is sent to jail on a murder charge, and follows the mother, son and daughter after they move to cheap quarters in a sordid section of the city.

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AT THE KING'S—“Lord Jeff", with: Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney and Herbert Mundin. A dramatic To-day we present partner's opening bid was psychic

story of the training of boys for Bri- AT THE QUEEN'S—"Give Me A tan's future Merchant Marine, Freddie one of the luckiest pas regards high card holding, but at Sailor", with Martha Raye, Bob Hope, portrays a boy, represented as a scion hands we

have seen the same time was pretty sure he Betty Grable, Jack Whiting and J. C of nobility by crooks, who finds regen- in some time. South, had at least a five-card heart suit and tract, made in childhood, by which two to the English training school, part of Nugent. The story concerns a con-eration and a new destiny when sent, who had been having not more than one spade. Further brothers promise to marry two sisters, the Barbardo Homes, institution in a run of bad luck, more, North expected the King of and the efforts of one of the young England. opened with a psychic, diamonds to be in front of his Ace-men to evade its terms.

Mickey is a student petty bid seven as a sacri-Queen-Jack, as was actually the case. of the family, turns into a beauty with tween the two boys, the great boat As the plot officer, first Freddie's Nemesis, later unrolls, Miss Raye, the ugly duckling his friend. The desperate fight be- fice and finally found West's bid of six spades was in noja nation-wide reputation and the win-race, the mast-climbing contests and' to his surprise that sense defensive--in fact, his he was going to make his contarct. reason for not having bid six spades of love when she turns out to be a settings which are authentic and ela-· only nor of a coast-to-coast, legs contest, other nautical school thrills mingle while her sister, loses out on the field with human and dramatic touches in South, Dealer

immediately over his partner's two dunce in the kitchen. Bast-West vulnerable

lay in the fact that he hoped the op-| poments would not defend at seven hearts,

ACE... KING..2 QUEEN.1 JACK...

TOTAL VALUE IN PACK AS IVERAGE HAND 67%

▲ 9 6 5

AK 10 3 SAQIB 4 2

A 10 7 4

K 3

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A Q 9 8

6 5 2

A K Q J 8

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E♡ 7 6 4 S 0 10 6

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KJ 10

♡ Q J 9 8 6.2

9 7 6

A 7 4 3

The bidding:

South

West North

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Dbl.

East Dbl. Redbl. :24

GV Pass Pasa Pasa Pass Pass

Realising the whole hand was of freakish nature, North did not double the six, whereupon South bid the Grand Slam as a defensive measure, West naturally doubled, ann then made the mistake of lea- ding the Ace of clubs instead of the Ace of spades. Declarer trumped with dummy's Ace (he needed us many entries as possible into his own hand), played a low heart, overtook with the eight, finessed for the diamond King, played the King and ten of hearts, overtaking again, led another low diamond and when West's King fell, spread the hand

Paxa Разя 6A 7♡ Pass The bidding is quite interesting. for seven?

For instance, when North jumped (Copyright, 1988, By The Four to six hearts, he know that his Aces)

borate.

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