1939-02-27 — Page 5

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WEDNESDAY

AT THE QUEEN'S

"TOM SAWYER DETECTIVE

Donald O'Connor

.

June Travis A Paramount Picture

DAILY

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A Popeye Cartoon

WEDNESDAY

AT THE ALHAMBRA "MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS"

Wayne Morris

·

Priscilla Lane

A Warner Bros. Picture

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TODAY ONLY

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HARRY RICHMAN ROCHELLE HUDSON WALTRE CONNOLLY FARLEY & RIEST and their "Round and 'Round betuala

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TO-DAY

Andrew's MISCELLANEOUS.-8.

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Today's

CINEMA & GENERAL

AN UNUSUAL PERSON IS

Screenings ANN SHERIDAN.

KING'S:

Hongkong

"Marie Antoinette”

QUEEN'S:

"Ride A Crooked. Mile” OBIENTAL:

"Men With Wings"

CATHAY

"Little Miss Broadway"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA!

"Ride A Crooked Mile" STAR-

"The Music Goes Round" MAJESTIC:

Ann Sheridan is a very unURL) person. She is a man's woman but is equally popular with women. Which is admitted by all students | of human nature and

to be quite

themselves achievement.

Women

Letters And

Paper

art

Lotter writing is an however, many people to-day thate pay little attention to style in script, stationéry. OF composition. The idea that handwriting exprezes per sonality is indeed ancient, but We're all apt to “forget that

our writing paper is an emiņu

1

She is capable of sitting up half

sary of permanality, too. It's the night playing red dog with her is one of thous things it's husband, Edward Norris, and his

easy to be carcles about.

little How about putting s friends (usually coming out the heavy winner, and still retaining thought on letting it represent her popularity)-and taking her you truly and to advantage, by expresses crocheting to join a group of women selecting a paper that

you and at the same time falls in a gabfest the next day.

If there were more women like your personal penmanship, plus Ann Sheridan there probably would being in keeping with the style.

The following selections are be fewer bachelors.

It Norris saya, "Come on, Honey.varied and they may help you out Let's hop in the plane and By to of the predicament.

If you veer toward the proer, but "The Baroness and The But-Yosemite for some skiing," she is

you've a generous nature and -ler"

ready to go.

for. the fashionable 13 The fact that she dropped in to flair see the writer while this was large oblong heavy white single being written and did a bit of sheet with a severe, shaded mo- kibiting has nothing whatsoever |nogram at the right corner would

be suitable. to do with the tone of this.

Your bandwriting is small and "It does read nice, doesn't 19?” she said "But I think you're pou yourself are quite feminine could well use making a big fus over nothing, and dainty, you The mere fact that I like to do a lightweight paper in pale blud momogram the things my husband likes doesn't double sheet with a strike me as anything unusual.. I lighter tone on the front page think there would be a lot more centre. happy marriages if women tried to be companions more than wives *

Coming

KING'S:

"The Gladiator"

QUEEN'S:

Tom Sawyer. Detective" ORIENTAL:

"Doctor Rhythm" CATHAY:

"There's Always a. Woman" ALHAMBRA; "

"Men Are Such Fools"

STAR!

"Dead End"

MAJESTIC:

"The Good Earth"

He Can Send Sound On Light Rays

A new means of transmitting sound over a beam of light has been discovered by Gerald Mosteller, a young student of of Southern the University California, wklis engaged on research work for his thesis for a Master Science degree.

Using an ordinary sixpenny light battery and a series of amplifiers, Mosteller can send music, voices and other sounds in a new simplified form.

When he was questioned about its practical use, the young inventor said it could be used by the aviation industry for landing

would penetrate fog.

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SOLEMN THOUGHTS

FELL TWO INCHES deep blue, white bordered which

-DIED

A bladfold man, playing the party game of "zero- planes," jumped froži, a board two inches from the ground, broke his neck and died.

If you're inclined to be a little formal or express alightly solemni thoughts yet value the chic, you'll want a single square sheet in the

takes the edge of ita susterity. Your address in white block across centre would be appro priate.

Kay,

3.

10E Unusual and very suitable those wil a bold and hurried hand is a large single grey sheet, quite Walter Gardiner, aged twenty-thin, the address in script engrav- ave, of Tadcaster. Yorkshire, hadled in red across the top centre.

Bre When you

Young. never seen the game played.

select the colourful and carefree, He went to a party at week-end in the home of Mr. G.jdouble white sheet and in your

colour

engrave your townsman. His fellow favourite Smith, a guests laughingly persuaded him first name across the right corner. If you are gracious, thought- to be the first "victim."

and though you like the smart-but don't like to attract at- tention-the small oblong donble Sheet th white with the address blocked in the right corner would be a choice.

Gardiner agreed. A hand- kerchief was tied round his # board fres. He stood on which two men raised slowly from the ground, rocking

motion gently to imitate the of a flying plane.

ful

For the neat, forthright, vivid,

a blue paper with rasberry bor- At the same time Gardiner rest-ider and small letter monogram ed his hands on the shoulders of on a single square sheet express the men who bent low to add to your charm and qualities.

the illusion of a rising seroplane, White, blue and grey are the You're going up." the guests proper shades for your personal

size cried, as Gardiner felt that the stationary,

and shape la airplanes with strong lights that plane was lifting him to the cell-governed by your individual taste. the ink should be black or blue. "Now jump."" they shouted, as with the correct accessories “A the board was steadied 2in, above letter to your love" is a simple the ground.

matter and not an ordeal to be avaded.

"It could be used by the Army and Navy for secret communication, he said, for example between battleships, or by motorcar race drivers who need to communicate with their pits while racing.

NO INTERCEPTION Because the sound cannot be mtercepted except by instruments set directly within the beam of light it offers more secrecy than does wireiss," Mosteller explained. "Infra-red jlters that create invisible Night would make it even more dificult to intercept mes- sages."

With ordinary equipment similar to any home radio, Bound" is amplified by a frequency oscilator and the output creates a "skin effect" on the surface of the light diament.

"Only the surface temperature is changed fast enough to transmit the sound." he explained, “instead of the entire filament having to be heated, as before."

CHEAPEST METHOD

A parabolic reflector similar to that of an electric heater catches and sound Is the light beam réproduced over a loudspeaker.

This is the first time sound has: ANNIVERSARIFS and HOLIDAYS

-St. Gabriel of Our Lady of

been transmitted över a light team born. Surrows. Ernest Renan

with the use of simplified equipment 1823. Ellen Terry born, 1848.

and a sixpenny torch light battery, Household Furni- RELIGIOUS-St. Andrew's Church according to Mosteller. Similar AUCTIONS. —

Fellowship of Youth, 6 pm.

phenomena have been produced. ture, at 16 Macdonnell

expensive high SOCIAL-YMCA Services Whist however, 10. a..

Drive, 8.30 p.in

voltage transmission.

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MEN WITH WINGS

FRED M&MURRAY

RAY MELLAND LOUISE CAMPBELL Andy Bodas - Lynna Överkas Porter Hall-Mailer Abel

THUR. "BING CROSBY IN DR. RHYTHM"

"A comedy that will keep you in roars of laughter.

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Mickey Rooney, Lewis, Stone, Judy Garland, Cecilla Parker.

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14 Utter a

sharp cry. 15 Catkin. 17. Young goat, 19 Dance step. 20 Myself,

21 Small child, 23 Testify.

25 Epiritless. 27 Lad.

28 Joyous, 30 Deserve. ; 32. Musical

note.

34 Cereal grass. 35 Bend.

36 Fall behind,

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TODAY AND TOMORROW

William POWELL ANNABELLA

(in her first American-made picture!)

"The BARONESS

and the BUTLER

(A 2005 Century Fox Pichner wille

HELEN WESTLEY - HENRY STEPHENSON JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT • NIGEL BRUCE EDWARD TROMBERG • LYNN BARI

Cheched by Waker Lang

Cheryl 1. Zatick to Change of Producitar

The

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THE GOOD EARTH

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Super roduction 1

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