1939-07-31 — Page 26

Third And Fourth Acts

Of "Carmen"

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 31, 1939

Today's Wireless

12.00-12.20 p.m.-Relay, of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral.

12.30 p.m.-Eva Turner (Soprano) and the B.B.C. Wireless Military Band. 1.00 p.m.—Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. 9.52 megacycles)

Aurora Buades, Aureliano Pertile, Ir- ma Mion, Ebe Ticozzi, Giuseppe Nessi, Aristide Baracchi, Ines Alfani Tellini, Benvenuto Franci, and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, with The Milan Sym- phony Orchestra conducted by Čav.

1.03 p.m. Gracie Fields, Arthur Askey and Jack Hylton and His Orchestra. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press,

Weather Forecast and Announce-Lorenzo Molajoli. ments.

1.45 p.m.-Dvorak-Quintet In A Ma-

jor, Op. 81.

Arthur Schnabel and The Pro

Arte Quartet. ·

2.15 p.m.-Close Down,

6.00 p.m.-"For The Children,”

Noah's Ark (Zoological) Tunes-

arr. Henry Hall).

The B.B.C.

Dance Orchestra with Vocal Choruses.

The Birthday Of The, Little Prin-

cess (Gay).

Billy Cotton and His Band. Studio Story by Aunt Sugan. Little Drummer Boy (Noel and

Polosi).

Elsie Carlisle (Vocal) with

Orchestra.

Here Comes The Sandman (film "Mr. Dodd takes the Air').

(Vocal) with Elsie

Carlisle Orchestra.

0.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.32 p.m.-Bizet's "Carmen" Acts III

and IV.

Singers in order of appearance:-

7.33 p.m.-Moskowski "From Foreign Lands" Suite and Other Composition.

Malaguena (from "Boabdil”).

The B.B.C. Military 'Band cond. by .B. Malton O'Donnell. Serenata (Op. 15, No. 1).

Richard Tauber (Tenor) with

Orch. (Sung in German). Valse In E Major, Op. 84.

Arthur De Greet (Piano). From Foreign Lands-Suite.

Berlin State Opera Orchestra cond. by Clemens Schmal- stich.

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Selections from Gilbert and

Sullivan's "The Gondoliers."

Then Let's Away.

Derek Oldham, George Baker, Winifred Lawson and Aileen Davies. Then Away They Go To An Island

Fair.

Derek Oldham, Winifred Law- son, Aileen Davies, George Baker and Chorus. Of Happiness The Very Pith.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By the Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwn D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system.

that has beaten every other system in existence.

South, Dealer

COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED

Neither side vulnerable

10 7 3

Q 10 9 2

}

A 9.8 6 4

♣

K

A QJ94

✓ 8.3

OQ 10 6.

W

O. I 7

10 7 5 2

4 8 6 5.2 ♡ 7 4

J 9 8 6 3

J 6 6

◊ K 3 2.

♣ A Q 4

The bidding:

South

West

North East

"♡

Pass

30

Pass

3♡

Pass

Pass

7♡

Pase

Pass

Равз

of a diamond loser.

However, as the cards were dis- tributed, the hand was an absolute laydown! All South had to do was to play out his five trumps, three club tricks and two top

Derek Oldham, George Baker

and Chorus.

Rising Early In The Morning.

George Baker and Chorus. Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes.

Derek Oldham (Tenor)

Orchestra.

With Ducal Pomp.

with

Henry A Lytton, Bertha Lewis

and Chorus.

On The Day When I Was Wedded.

Bertha Lewis.

To Help Unhappy Commoners.

Henry A. Lytton and Bertha

Lewis.

8.28 p.m.-Variety, with Maxine Sulli- yan, Sam Brownie, The Hill Billies and Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra.

Nobody's Darlin' But Mine (Davis) Wandering Shoes.

The Hill Billies with Their Own

Novelty Accomp.

One, Two, Button Your Shoe-- Fox-Trot (film 'Pennies from Heaven').

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orch. The Star And The Rose (Young

and Schwartz).

Sam Browne (Baritone) and The

Rhythm Sisters.

Loch Lomond (In Fox Trot Tempo

-arr, Thornhill).

I'm Coming Virginia (In Fox Trot||

Tempo-Heywood).

Maxine Sullivan (Vocal) with

Orchestra.

How'dja Like To Love Me? (film

'College Swing")-Fox-Trot.

I Fall In Love With You Every Day-Fox-Trot (film 'College Swing').

:

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orch.

When The Moon Hangs High

(Fiorito and Others).

The Hobo's Spring Song (The

Hill Billies).

The Hill Billies with Their Own

Novelty Accomp.

It Ain't Right--Fox-Trot. The Boston Tea Party Fox-Trot. Jimmy Dorsey and His Orch.

A Little Bit Independent (Laslie

and Burke).

Gypsy Violin.

Sam Browne (Baritone) with

Orchestra.

Blue Skies (Berlin)."

Maxine Sullivan (Vocal) and Her

Orchestra.

9.15 p.m.-London_Relay--The News. 9.30 p.m.-Londo Relay-'Empire Ex-

change'.

London Relays:

Dance Music: Dvorak Quintet

"Nutrition in the Colonial Empire" by the Marquess of Duffern and Ava, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.

9.45 p.m.-London Relay-Sports News

and Market Notes.” 9.50 p.m.-Reginald Dixon at the Or-

gan.

Dixon Hits No. 24.

Intro: I won't tell a soul; The sweetest song in the world; The Cho- colate Soldier's Daughter.

Waltz Selection,

Intro: I'll See You Again; Fall- ing in Love Again; Love will find a way.

Dixon Hits No. 7.

Intro: Is it true what they say Sweetheart about. Dixie?

Let's Grow Old Together; The touch of your lips; Lost; Lovely Lady; The Glory of Love,

10.03 p.m. Billy Mayerl at the Piano. Sweet Nothings (Rettenberg). Jasmine (A syncopated impression

-Mayerl).

Parade Of The Sandwich-Board

Men (Mayerl).

Phil The Fluter's Ball (French-

arr. Mayerl). 10.15 p.mA Dance Programme.

Fox-Trots

Take My Heart.

Let It Be Me. (film 'Broadway

Hostess').

Jay Wilbur and His Band.

Waltz-

Music In

May (from Careless Rapture").

Novelty Fox-Trot

Peter's Pop Keeps A Lellipop

Shop.

Ambrose and. His Orchestra, Fox-Trots-m

On A Coconut Island.

Me And The Moon.

Victor Young and His Orchestra. Waltzes-

Midnight Waltz.

Neapolitan Nights,

Gino Bordin and His Hawaiians. Fox-Trots

Dixieland Shuffle.

Muskrat Ramble.

Bob Crosby and His Orch. Tangos-

Responso Malevo.

Re-Fa-Si.

Juan De Dios Filiberto and His

Orchestra Portena.

Fox-Trota-

A Broken Doll.

Darktown Strutters' Ball...

Darktown Strutters Dixielend Band).

11.00 p.m.-Close. Down.

(Modern

spades, meanwhile discarding from What's On At the Cineams

dummy in such a manner that the spade ten and Ace and one -dia-

AT THE KING'S "The Return Of AT THE ORIENTAL—"Star Cheer- mond remained. In order to keep

A gay, dashing ad- ing." A gay swinging story of college the high spade, West would have The Cisco Kid”.

venture romance featuring an excel-life showing the dance craze, the Big to let go of a diamond, whereupon lent cast, including Lynn Bari, Cesar Apple. The brilliant cast includes Jim- all the outstanding diamonds Romero, Henry Hull, Kane Richmond, my Durante, Walter Connolly, Joan Charles Starrett, Professor would have fallen. This simple C. Henry Gordon and Robert Barrat Perry,

Quiz, Gertrude Niesen and Johnny squeeze should not have been overlooked.

AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM- Green and his orchestra. BRA-"Stand Up And Fight”, with Wallace Berry and Robert Young.... A

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· Yesterday' you were Oswald story of a railway fued. "Dear Four Aces," writes one of Jacoby's partner and held: our St. Louis readers, “Playing| with one of my, favourite partners

HIGH CARD VALUES

OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTEM

ACE KING 2 QUEEN 1 JACK

I arrived at a Grand

JIII

The bidding: Tou ****Schenkam 14

Pass (?)

Jacoby 24

Maler Разд

Slam contract on the hand submitted. I think you will agree that I had a sound opening two-bid; and certainly my partner ANSWER: Your correct bid is had fine enough sup-four spades. Since your partner port to warrant his can only bid two spades, there is taking me to six. I no chance for a Slam. In fact, then bid the Grand Slam, fully you may not make game, but you confident that the combined hands certainly want to be there: would produce the 13 tricks. When

West opened the Queen of spades,

Score 100% for four spades, 60%

I gazed with dismay at the dummy for three spades, 0 for any other

-since I obviously had a losing dia- with no way to get rid mond would appreciate a frank criticism of the bidding.”

In spite of the fact that South had a very powerful hand, we be lieve he should have been content with a Small Slam because of the fact that his diamond holding of three to the King could hardly be called ideal. If he had held King- amall, we would (say by all means bid the Grand Slam. As it was, unless partner held both Ace und Queen, there was great likelihood

QUESTION NO. 166

bid.

Merwin Maler is your partner. You hold:

What

you bid?

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(Released by The Bell Syndi

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