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When The King And Queer Were Married
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
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A group taken on April 28, 1923, after the wedding of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. The bride and bridegroom are seen with King George V and Queen Mary and the bride's parents.
"HUNGRY
BABIES"
Christmas Appeal
To Women Of
Hong Kong
With all its time-hallowed joy, Christmas brings for all of us at same time a breath of sadness, In all homes there will be, sooner or later, the empty chair.
But it is a gentle grief when the missing face is of one who has lived a life, has seen his or her children grow to ripe years and has shared the Christmas joy with those children's children. Such have won through to an earned reet.
of
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The empty chair, yes! But what the empty cradle! Some of our readers will have known friends stricken with the bewildering grief a dead child, medical, skili powerless, the end not preventible. There is no greater sadness than the loss of a child's life when all that can be done to save it has been done.
..
There is no sterner tragedy than when this happens without need. here is no tercer Indictment of a community than that this may happen not rarely, not as a sudden visitation, but 18 à matter of course and without need,
The social charity of Eastern Lands is known.
We are told that none who have struggled through Infancy need starve where others have food. Usage will find rice for them.
But the soild foods within the reach of the poverty-stricken, un- employed or beggar parents are for the infant equivalent to death sentence of the servitude of n maimed life.
You who read these lines may wonder that such things can be.
Canton something be done? Yes. easily, and you can do it. When the mothers, through lack of nourishing food, cannot feed their tables naturally there is help waiting for them.
Christmas Spirit
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Never before has there been a Programme featuring such a galaxy of artistes. Encores were in great demand and every request was met.
GLOUCESTER HOTEL · Entertainment de luxe was like- wise provided at the Gloucester Hotel where patrons thronged Everything that the management could do was done-and very well indeed to give their patrons of the best to their enjoyment and satisfaction. Dancing was to the strains of the popular Gellman's Cossacks band.
AMUSEMENTS SUSPENDED
Mark Of Sorrow
For Gen. Chiang's
Incarceration
of the
All amusements in Nanking, in- cluding dinner parties, are suspend- ed for three days as a mark of sorrow for the captivity of General Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission and. concurrently President Executive Yuan, In Slar.
Theatres, restaurents. sing-song places near Confucius Temple have All' dancing suspended business. parties scheduled for Christmas eve are cancelled.
The programme of entertain- ment featured a galaxy of talent. Nina and Vladimir Duo Artinelli, who have toured' Austria, Hungary, The Central Broadcasting station Vienna, Budapest, Java and Shang- has stopped broadcasting gay songs hal, delighted patrons with many and music as a token of sympathy novelty dances. specialising in for the Incarcerated chairman un- modern acrobatic ballroom dan- t he is liberated. Officials will cing. A special number. "Skating not give parties during this perfod. with Snowballs" won tremendous applause.
The "Dixie Sisters," (Rose and Virginia Reynolds), who have per- Follies the famous formed al Bergere and the Moulin Rouge, audience with captivated their
lever harmony singing and tap dancing. Rose syncopated on the sano with marked success.
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AT THE CHURCHES The usual Church services
connection with the celebration of Christmas Day will be held to-day when full congregations are ex- pected.
Featal Mutina will be observed in i St. John's Cathedral at 11 am. prior to which there will be 'Holy Communion services earlier. At St. Andrew's Kowloon, Holy Com- munion will also be administered at 7.15 and 8.15, a.m. and at the close of the Festival Morning Ser vice which is at 11 am SMAL Morning service will also be held In the English Methodist Church Wanchai, the Hong Kong Union church, Kowloon Union Church, and the Kowloon Tong Anglican
Church.
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There was also a short address given.
Solemu Puntincial High Mass.
celebrated in the Catholic Cathedral at midnight."
Was
At St. Teresa's Church at 10 p.m. last night a well-attended Christ- mas party was given by the St. Teresa's Chinese Young Men's Bo-
ciety to its members, and this was followed by a Christmas message
delivered by the Rev. Lather A. Granelli At midnigt there was Bolemn MaSS.
CINEMAS
The cinemas are offering varied attractions that should please all tastes of almgoers..
For a good hearty laugh there is "Our Relations," starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy at the King's: "Mummy's Boys," featuring Wheeler and, Woolsey in hilarious adventures in darkest Egypt, at the Queen's Theatre; and at the Al- ambra the attraction is "Walk- ing on Air" with Gene Raymond".
At the RomEN Catholic Cathe-and, Ann Sothern.
The Star Theatre is önering that dral there will be Mass at 6am.? Nothing heroic, nothing wonder-8 a.m. and 10.30 am, with evening very popular film, "The 39 Steps" ful only milk foods, cod liver oll services at 4 p.m. Mass will also be with Hobert Donat. and Madeleine Lactogen and such things, and it observed at the Rosary Church, Carroll. while "Things to Come" St. LG Wells) is on the screen at Is for this simple help that the St. Joseph's Church, and
the Majestic. Fomen's Auxiliary of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children is making this Christmas Appeal to the Women of Hong Kong.
Teresa's Church, Kawloon Tong.
YESTERDAY'S SERVICES
"Poor Little Rich Girl" starring the popular juvenile player, Shir- There was Festal evening at Btley Temple, is being offered at the John's Cathedral yesterday at 5.30 Oriental
At the Central the attraction is being from the
"Mutiny On the Boanty."
"Messiah
We are not pleading for the.. mere alleviation of hopeless state of affairs: The Eociety now "received" enough support from the rublle to deal with the hungry tables whose parents seek its ald It is a big step towards the day when it can go and look for the rest. We ask the Women of Hong, Kong to bring that day nearer,
We appeal specially to women to help. us so that other women. shall not their children die
Contributions may be sent to, Hon. Treasurer: Women's Auxiliary, P.O. Box No. 80.
the
The Women's Auxiliary: Hong Kong Fociety for the
Protection of Children.
The King Amongst Comrades
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