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RICHARD DIX

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Follow Dix! He's a number for tronble but he has that optimistic twist that turns to sun shine. He manages to crawl out of the tight places with a great deal more than be bad when he crawled “ Richard Dix in a new master-piece of sym- pathetic, human humour and a rollicking

in.

romance too.

MAJESTIC

NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

THE

HUMOUR: ANCIENT AND "MODERN.

"What must one do to have bee Young Man" "Have you is book autiful handa?”!

"Nothing."

"I like the house, but it is small” "Want, can you expect!" It is only three years old'

www.

Cobbler (surveying a pair of spats skeptically): "An', my good friend, what do you want me to do with these 7

The Town's Whrifticat Inhabit ant: "I want ye to put soles and heels on them.

Stranger: "Hey, that's no way to hoist a piano!

Foreman: "Do you own the piano 1"

Stranger: "No, I own the build

Foreman: That's

different; boys, be careful o' them corners— bricks cost money!”

ing

called "Man, the World's Ruler,' please?''

THE

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930.

SUBURBAN HEIGHTS

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BY GLUYAS WILLIAMS

THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH THEY'D MISS THE WIMPLES WHEN THEY MOVED AWAY, UNTIL THEY HAD TO WADE THROUGH SNOW AND SLUSH ON THE SIDEWALK THAT BILL WIMPLE USED TO KEEP SO CLEAN.

(Copyright, 1910. by The Bell Sysdicate, Inc.)-

Librarienne: "I should think you SPEED-A MANIA WE 1,000 miles an hour is reached-if

might find it in the fiction de partment, sir."

I want to buy a New Year's pre sent for my wife."

"Yes, sir; something electrical, perhaps

"Great idea. Have you one of these electric chairs "

CANNOT RESIST.

(Continued from. Page 1.)

CASHIER'S £43,000 EMBEZZLEMENT.

FOUR YEARS FOR A BANK OFFICIAL

that day ever comes-for 'on that day we will be able to circumnavi- gate the globe at the Equator in twenty-four hours. Eight hundred miles an hour would be enough at European latitude. The idea of starting on such a circumnagiva- On the ground of economy alone, overhead and always to have the tion and always having the sun speed at. such a cost rapidly be

James Ritchie,, aged twenty-three. Na time al, say, 19 o'clock, no

a cashier, formerly employed by the comes impractical,..We get over

matter wherever we are, is too North of Scotland Bank, at St. the difficulty, so far as we are able, alluring & feat for as not to cherish Vincent-street, Glasgow, was sen- by what engineers call refinement and strive to bring into the domain tenced in the High Court at Edin George, whose only means of sup-of construction that is, by the use part was his rich father; was being of lighter and stronger materialssible, but thirty years ago the aero-un charges of embezzling £43,00.

of reality. At present it is impos-burgh to four years' penal servitude Buried. Everything went well un- and better methods. We also at plane was thought to have been

The Lord Justice Clerk comment- the bridegroom had to repeat tack the problem more directly and impossible; now they cover the ed on the laxity of supervision the words, "With all my worldly attempt to cut down the resistance earth with their wings. goods I ther endow. The con- as much as possible. This is called things are obviously impossible, but

Some exercised by the bank.

"I find it difficult," he said, in gregation was then startled to hear streamlining The invention of the brave is the man who will attempt passing sentence," to accept the a moan from his father. "Graciaeroplane. has taught us that a

to draw the line.

view that no aystem of reasonable ous muttered Pa. There goes blunt prow, corresponding in shape

supervision would prevent the de his bicycle."

to the breast of a bird, is the most

tection of the embezzlement of efficient; that is, offers the least resistance. The Bremen uses this SMOKE SCRE

£43,000 by à bank cashier in twelve shape of construction below waterline.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE."

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1.-A colour.

6.-Colloquial: to make love

11.-Terrible.

12. A bird.

14-A metal..

15.--Idol.

17.-Toward.

18.-Crude.

10.-Ablaze.

20-Address of respect.

21-Spanish article.

92-Runs away.

23.-Missile.

24. To take from.

26.-Satellites, 27.-Cermony.

28. To scorch.

-Lost freshness.

31-More styliah.

34-Caudal appendage.

35.-Spots.

36.-Negative.

37.-Remained.

38.-Cries of owls.

40.-Exists."

39,--Scruh.

41. Small compartment.

42.-Naked.

43.--Boats,

45.-Brings out.

47.-Smallcat.

48.-A daily course of routine.

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1.-Mental condition.

2.-In line.

3.-Vasc.

4.-Half a dozen.

5.-Building.

b.-Boxca. 7.--Messenger. 8-Mineral

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23.-Flies,

95.-Characteristic. 20.-Foods.

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20-Net easily excited.

30-Pertaining to the eyelids.

31. A narrow aperture.

32-To put in practice.

33--Coverings.

15-To push.

38-Garden implements.

30-A speed contest.

41.-A large serpent. 42-Without.

44-New England (abbr.). 40--To perform.

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HOW CHEMISTRY MIGHT HELP IN A FUTURE WAR

Then there is also skin friction barring the way. Surfaces have to be very smooth to be eficient. Resistance from skin friction, may account for as much as from 50 to 50 per cent of the total resistance. Dr. Herbert Levinstein spake Automobiles have a further dilli quietly and enlmly. culty, which the wind tunnel has discovered for them. Racing alongwill begin where the last one left "The next great war," he said, at high speed they leave in their off. Wars always do." wake a suction called by engineers negative pressure. Meeting the air the positive pressure on the nose tends to force them downward, while the negative pressure under the tail tends to forge them up- ward. They have to be specially constructed to overcome this ten- dency, but the fact creates a limit 'to the speed at which a car can be kept in motion along the ground. Beyond it, even on a perfect track, the car would be in danger of leap- ing into the air and crashing or turning turtle.

you.

Dr. Levinstein is president of the Society of Chemical Industry, and made in an address to the London wo were discussing his prophecy Section of the Scciety. that the chemical arm of warfare will un- doubtedly, increase in importance.

I asked him (writes an inter viewer), how London would fare in the war of the future."

He said: "London is very open to aerial attack. The Thames is like a fingerpost which would guide enemy aircraft to the metropolis. Therefore London would have tự be hidden."

Briefly be sketched a vivid word.. picture of London as it may appear during a future nir raid

Darkness like the darkness of night will shroud its streets and squares. A vast blanket of arti ficial fog will shut out the light of the sun. Occasionally, coming from somewhere above the dense smoke- screen, the drone of airplane engines will be heard.

The indictment alleged that tween December 1928 and November" 1929 Ritchie embezzled the sum stated..

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THE SILVER SCREEN QUEEN'S

GLORIA SWANSON IN SONG.

At the Queen's Theatre this week another famous screen star is heard for the first time-one who has been famed for her beautiful Irceks no less than her wonderful acting. Gloria Swanson ju

The Tres- passer" makes a great appeal, angi is is pleasant to hear her voice in addition to watching her powerful deting. And not only is it her speaking voice we hear, but a couplo, of songs as well. The story deals with the adventures of a stenographer, and it has some tensely dramatic scenes in which Miss Swanson is seen at her. best. The star is supported by a powerful company, and now that Gloria has started with the "talkies" her admirers will be anxious to see and hear her next picture. Meanwhile, this one is well worth seeing.

Optimistic Dlx.“

At the Majestic, Kowloon, there is a good picture now showing of Richard Dix in "Easy Come, Easy Go!" It is a lively story," with plenty of excitement blended with humour." This popular actor is szen

action in just those situations he revels in, and the picture provides both thrills and fun.

FALSE DANCING "CHAMPIONS."

CLAIMS TO WORLD TITLES UNJUSTIFIED.

Jr. Santos Casani, the dancing teacher, who invented the "Kerbi Step" and the Six-Eight," has started

crusade against the world's champion" dancers in England.

C

in England," he said to a Frest "There are five hundred couples

representative, "who claim they world. are the champion dancers of the

Most of them have been na further than Brixton or Golders Green,

It is not the fault of the dan cers so much as the ridiculous' sys- tem of giving a world champion- ship medal for a competition that is held in some purely local 'dune- ing pavilion.

Foolish Expedient. Counsel stated that Ritchie foundness. I am going to propose at the "I intend to stop this silly busi- parently through overpaying a cus that he was.short in his cash, ap-

next meeting of dancing teachers that definite diploma based on toner of the bank. Instead of own-

sound qualifications be issued.

nary foolish expedient of attempt- ing up.he adopted the extraordi

deficiency. ing, by betting, to make good the

Things went from bad to worse, Lezzled went into the pockets of and every penny of the money em- bookmakers..

Counsel expressed astonishment that the embezzlement went on from: day to day without being detected. It was discovered only when Ritchie had been promoted to further responsibility and left to take up his new appointment.

It was contended for the prosecu- tion that no method of check, short of a day-to-day supervision, would have made the fraud impossible.

MADAME KIRKBY LUNN.

GREATEST CONTRALTO OF

THE CENTURY.

Although nature docs much to impede us in our fight to go ever faster, some ways she helps us If you fly a distance of some 700 miles as the crow flies, it will take you about seven hours; that is a rate roughly of 100 miles an hour ground speed. Suppose there were & twenty-mile-an-hour wind against In order to reach your des tination in seven hours your "air apead would have to be 120 miles na hour, twenty miles an hour of your speed being used up to over- come, the resistance offered by the wind. Reverse the journey with a twenty-miles wind behind you and "We should be crazy," said Dr. you do the trip in five hours, sup- Levinstein, to abandon the use of She started as a girl who wanted posing your air speed is 120 miles screening smokes. The formation to become a concert singer and an hour, which, plus the speed of of a smoke-screen would not be dif- teacher, who had no intention of the wind, gives you a ground speed ficult: the work could be carried being an operatic singer. She end. of 140 miles an hour. Airmen meet out largely by airplanes when thed as the greatest contralto of the these variable wind conditions' al- imminence of a raid became known. most every day they fly. A famous Natural conditions would be favour

Such a smoke-screen, blotting out the whole Thames Valley, would be one of chemistry's contributions to the defence of Britain.

Mme. Kirkby Lund, the famous contralto, died last month at her nome in St. John's, Wood N.W.

Mme. Kirkby Lunn's career was one of the most romantic in the history of opera.

"We will investigate the claims of world champions,' and only those who can show us that they have qualified in seven or eight different countries will receive this distinction.

MAKING FIGURES FOR FASHIONS.

"CLASPAROUNDS"-NOT CORSETS.

Women may now know how to mould their figures to suit the latest fashions.

Miss Nineteen and Mrs. Thirty. will now

wear waists--quite de- finite and decided waists. The new "clasparounds," "bookarounds,” and solitaires" are designed, with a definite waist curva at the nor mal waistline. So that's that!

The curious part of it is that these new corsets, despite that de- spised waist which is so reminis cent of Victorian 'days, are 'beguti-

Gloria Swanson The TRESPASSER

FICTUAL

ALUS TALKING!

GLORIA'S GREATEST ! More beautiful, more expressive than ever, this splendid actress is supreme in a stirring romance of a woman who

challenged the world and triumphed.

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STAR

ful in line, und, moreover, pre- JOHN GILBERT

serve that slenderness of the hip curves and straightness of back for which wonten in their anillions have starved and exercised during the "lamppost outline" era of fashion. century, the creator of Delilah in achieved by clever cutting and fitt This much-desired slenderness is Samson and Delilah," and as the

illustration is the greater difficulty aide because, while we are exposed first woman to sing the part of ing of corsels, by the use of fine, of flying across the Atlantic from to attack only from the cast, our east to west, compared with flying prevailing winds are westerly. from west to east, on account of the fact that the prevailing wind is

from the west.

Do you think," the interviewer asked Dr. Levinstein, that in the event of an air raid on London gns-bombs would be used?"

"Probably not. Explosives and incendiary bombs, would be so much more effective in terrorieing the inhabitants of a great city.

To come down to earth, we can foresee lairly clearly a limit for speed.

On land we have almost reached it; on see we may still have some way to go; in the air we can be fairly sure of going at speeds perhaps more than twice se Adequate Protection. fast as we have yet gone, but only at great danger. Higher speed for

"Gas could affect only a small ocean liners becomes beyond a proportion of the population. It point too costly; in speed boats could not wipe out millions of horsepower and propeller eficiency people; that is nát practicable. will doubtless give us higher speeds: "And if gas were used during an hydroplanes will go still faster and air raid on London, adequate men will always be the fastest method aures of protection could easily be of water transit. In the air is în devised.”

might be.

again horsepower plus propeller He told me what those measures efficiency, combined with refine ments of structure, that will give us higher air speeds

corset is designed to it, like a

yet strong fabrics, and by the eli Kundry in Parsifal" in English.

She was born in Manchester in could possibly add bulk to the mination of every tiny detail that 1873, and her rise to fame was swift and meteoric,

figure. The new higher-waisted She was studying at the Royal College of Music when seventeen glove. years old, when the late Sir Charles Stanford happened to pass the room where she was practising one day.

He recogaised a contralto voice with extraordinary operatie quali ties and asked that the pupil should be sent down to him.

Sir Charles offered her an im portant part in an opera, he was producing. At first the girl relus- ed, saying that even if she had the voice she had not the remotest idea of acting. She was persuaded after some coaxing to take the part, and achieved such instant suc- cess that she was offered two lend. ing parts at Covent Garden.,

Most of her career then took the form of singing in opera, although

Everyone would wear a gas-mask while the danger lasted. Or clas Where the limit of air speed is those who were able to do so, would no man knows all he knows is that hide in the Tubes, where pure air she made extensive concert toura. there is a limit. It acers afe to would reach them by a system of and sang in oratorio in all parts of say that we shall ever continue to filtration designed to eliminate the the world, often rushing from one try to go faster until a day when contamination from the gas bombs." performance straight on to another.

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