1930-06-17 — Page 3

HUMOUR: ANCIENT AND MODERN.

"Ah-ha-here's one of the land; ed gentry!"

"No, indeed! I'm still a bache loe !?

Visitor, "Why did you have so many windows put in your den

Peek: "My wife likes plenty of light when she is sewing"

"Yes," said the fat man, "my size doesn't worry me, because everywhere I walk around, people laugh at me, and that makes me feel small."

First Father: "My son at col- lege supports himself by typewrit ing letters in his spare time."

Second Father: 'Hub! Mine sends telegrams"

Teacher: "Johnny, why does Mis souri stand at the head of mule raising in the United States?"

Johnny: "Because the other end is too dangerous. "

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Teacher: "Now, boys, tell me, what would you do for your mo ther if you were ablet"

Freddy: "I would like to wash her face and send her to school."

White: "My wife is very busy. She's going to address a woman's club,"

"Whit: "She's working on the address, I presume:"

White: No, the dress."

One of the theatres advertised for new songs, and invited applicants to present their works and sing them over in the presence of the manager and musical director.

Mr. Bibbs, who fancied himself as a genius, composed a ditty and presented himself at the theatre.

The song was commonplace, with out rhythm or tunefulness, and the musical director" put his hands to his ears as the songster shrieked it. "What do I get for that?" said the minstrel, with an ingratiating smile, as be finished.

"I'm a musical director-not a masistrate," was the reply.

Lady (to electrician): "I thought

I told you to send a man to re- pair my doorbell.”

Electrician: "I did, ma'am; but when he rang three times and re- ceived no anawer he decided no one was home."

"I wish you'd help me with this sum, Dad," said a small boy strug- gling with his homework..

"Can't, Son," said Dad from be- hind his paper; "it wouldn't be right."

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I don't suppose it would," said the boy, you might have tried."

The hotel was noted because By- ron stayed there.

Visitor: Which room did" By- iron stay in 1"

Haid "Byron ?"

Visitor: "You know Byron, the great poet. He stayed here"

Maid: "Oh, Mr. Byron must have stayed, here before I was hired."

The contractor took a friend to zee & row of houses he had just srected. The friend took up his position in one house, while the builder went next door.

he

"Can you hear me, Bill" said through the dividing wal).

"Yes," was the answering whis-

P

Can you see me?" "No." was the reply.

There's walls for you!" repli-

ed the proud contractor.

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Pat had agreed to accompany his wife on a shopping expedition.

"There's a good pair of boots," said the latter, as they stood look. ing in the window of a boot shop. "I get those for little Arold."

Pat looked at the articles in- dicated, and a murmur of surprise left his lips as he saw the price and the notice, "Last Seven Days," displayed on a card above them." "But surely, Martha," he said, buy those "you don't want to things."

"Why not, Pat?" asked his wife, wonderingly.

"Begorrah," gasped her husband, "but you want them to last longer than & week."

ACENTRAL THEATRE

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1930.

THE WORLD AT ITS WORST-TAR BAGS

WILLIAMS

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PRAIDES IT'S TIME TO PUT HUSBAND'S WINTER OVERCOAT AWAY. GETS OUT TAR BAG

OPENS BAG, RESTORES CORT TO HANGER, AND PREPARES TO HANG BAG ON ROD, ARMS GETTING VERY TIRED

14-24

DESERT DRAMA,

LABORIOUSLY INSERTS HEAD IN BAG TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO HOLES AND THAT SHE CANY. SEE DAYLIGHT THROUGH

HANGS BAB ON ROD BUT KNOCKS OFF HUS BAND'S BROWN SERGE SUTT

SECRET OF "EMPIRE OF

SAHARA."

At last the full and thrilling story of an African desert drama of over 30 years ago can be told.

It concerns an "Empire of the Sahara, and clears up what was once an official.riddle of the sands. Though not properly understood at the time, its beginnings created a lively sensation, and caused the resignation of the French War Minister.

the full narrative bas been

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

AFTER CONSIDERABLE STRUGGLE HANGS COAT

INSIDE BAG

HANGS. UP BROWN SERGE SUIT, KNOCKING BAG WITH ELBOW. STANDS MUTTERING AS BAS SLIDES TO FLOOR.

(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

THE ANTI-SOVIET MOVEMENT.

INTERESTING REPORT OF

RECENT UPRISING.

CLOSES BAG, AS COAT SLIPS OFF HANGER INSIDE

GETS EVERYTHING IN PLACE AS HUSBAND ● CALLS HE GUESSES HE'LL WEAR HIS WINTER COAT, IT'S CHILLIER OUT "THAN'

HE THOUGHT

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME;

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON. 358 METRES.

11 to 11.20 .-Commercial News. Lo 12.30 p.m.--Chinese 11.50 a.m.

programme.

Reports of the anti-Soviet cam- paiga in Vladivostok are confirmed by the interruption of railway com- munications between. Vladivostok 19.30 to 2 p.m.-Programme of Columbia records supplied by Messrs. Anderson Music Co. and Suitenho on June 2, gays the

p.m.-Programme of Colum- Shanghai Sinronpar, when a Sui- & to

bia records supplied by Messrs.: fenho-bound train was forced to

Anderson Music Co. to Vladivostok with its 6 p.m.-The Rose, Selection, Grena- return

a part of the lime dier Guards Band. passengers,

Silver Меор (Duet), Dona Labbette, Hubert having been torn up-by-the anti-5.08 p.nl Come Soviet troops.

Eisdell

Albert

Following this interruption, the C.14

E Paramount's Sound Picture Rowed, fur the first time, by Gen- Ussuri Railway authorities wired

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Breaking All Local Records. Please make your Reservations Early.

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Bookings at Anderson Music Store and at the

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p.m. Raphaellito, Sandler and Orchestra,

era! Joslland (an eye-witness of to the, Chinese Eastern Railway 8.20 p.m.-Shalimar, Ficcadilly Re-

the affair), in a lecture at Lorient

In July, 1500, Captains Voulet and Chancine, of the French Colonial army, lost their lives in mysterious circumstances on the Chad-road, north of Nigeria.

They were at the head of an ex pedition sent out to reconnoitre the country eastwards from the Niger bend towards Lake Chad.

Their mission included Lieuten ants Pallier and Joalland.

The latter is now General Joal- land, who has just retired, and who is the lecturer at Lorient who reveals the full story of the desert.] There wore also a Dr. Heari, three non-coms. and' 700 native men and women..

Genstal Joalland is quoted by the Intransigeant as stating that Voulet and Chanoine were guilty of needless eruelties.

Hearing of this, the Governor General sent a Col. Elobb and a Lieut. Meynier to relieve them of their commands.

When Klobb overtook the expedi. tion, Voulet threatened him with death if he advanced. He took o notice and Voulet, giving the order to fire, Klobb fell dead.

Voulet then harangued the off- cers, saying he had caused Klobb to bo killed because he (Voulet) had resolved to found an empire of the Sahara."

authorities in Harbin asking the latter to lend some workers to re- pair the damaged tracks. On the morning of June 4, 500 C.E.R. workers were sent from Harbin to Russian territory by special train to assist the Soviet authorities to repair the line and to restore com-. munications.

vels Band.

0.23 pm The Village Blacksmith,

Columbia Dramatic Players. 0.35 p.m.-Fugue, alla Gigue (Bach), Herbert Walton (Or. 8.43 2m-Where E'er You Walk

gan).. (Semele), Master John Griffithy. 0.52 p.m.-Casse Noisette Suite, B.B.C. Wireless Symphony Or chestra.

The anti-Soviet troops have suc7.18 The Gentle Maiden (Somervell), W. F. Wett ceeded in tearing up the line in several places and in bringing the

(Tenor). Ussuri workers out on strike, with the result that traffic along the en- tire railway is in a state of con- fusion.

7.44

7.90 p.m.-A Musical Switch, Plaza

Theatre Orchestra."

Dances from p.m.-Three Henry VII.. Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra.

p.m.-Devotion Terence Casey (Organ),

p.m.-Sunnyside Up (Selec tion), Jack Payne and B.B.C. Dance Orchestra.

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The Sinanpao says that the anti-Soviet troops are divided inte/7.50% two factions, one composed of miners, Vladivostok wharfingers 7.56 railway workers, soldiers and marines of the Soviet Far Eastern Volunteer Fleet, the other, consist ing of White Russians formerly holding important posts under the Tsar. The former are making a stand at Rusaki Island, a small place near Vladivostok, and they have issued a declaration that they are up in arms against the Soviet for the sake of righteousness.

They have also promised to protect foreign residents. The latter re looked upon more as a menace by the Soviet authorities who are send- ing their best troops to exterminate them ones and for all

CLARA BOW COMING TO

"THE EAST.

Clara Bow, American motion pic ture star, regarded by many as the greatest possessor of "it" of all the queens appearing on the silver screen, will come to Japan during the summer, if the scheme fostered by the Japan distributors of the

"I have the troops," cried the eslt-appointed Emperor of the DeParamount productions materializes,

sert.

"I am my own master; are you with me or" against?"

Lieut. (now General) Joalland naked for a few hours to reflect, and next morning persuaded 30 riflemen to desert with him.

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(Ketelby),

p.m.-Chinese programme relayed from Ko Shing Theatre until the end of the play.

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little time.

The distributors, know that the

personal appearance in Japan of cinema celebrity is not only a great drawing, card in itself, but, stimulates the distribution of any

Negotiations that have been going on since last January between the Japan branches and the New York office of the Famous Players. Lasky Corporation, maker of the Par mount pictures, have reached the point where Clara's trip to Japan may be realized in August, provid When Youlet made his proposals ing she gives her final consento to the native non-coms., they de- Clara Bow has not been in the cided to bolt, Chanoine ran in best of health for some time, and film in which such celebrity figurea their direction-whether to stop although she has now recovered to to a marked degree, an evidenced them or go with them is not known all appearance, her acceptance of by the visit of Doug and Mary last

and was shot.

the invitation will depend on her fall.

Mr. Tanaka, of the Kobe branch: Voulet took to the bush with a physician's-advice whether-she can-

of the Paramount concern, remark the Preific or not.

we are negotiat

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Led by

by Toalland and Meynier, and wero shot dead by a sentry who. said Voulet fired first.

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In fact Mr. Cochrane, our It was the tremendous furore Enetera manager, is now in Tokyo: The War Minister at the time, created by the visit of Douglsato arrange for such a trip. Our whose resignation arose from the Fairbanks and Mary Pickford last efforts to bring stars here are not half-told scandal of 1800, was Gen-fall that prompted the Japanese confined to Clara, Bow. We are distributors of American films to do anxious to bring over one or two ́(Continued at foot of next column), more stars of magnitude.'

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