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QUEEN MARY VISITS NURSERY.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, JUNE 21st, 1930.

PRIZE PLAY, AUTHOR.

Studies Life, Not the Theatre.

The man who wrote the Pulitzar Prize play rarely attends the theatre..

Nor does Elmer Rice have friends among theatrical folk. He belleves that watching life will be vastly more valuable to a play wright thaa watching other people's plays. And he feels un- comfortable among stage figures. He runs at the very mention of celebrities and is to be found-if ever found in public-in small groups of writers or sitting quietly at a concert.

Also he has had the unique ex- perience of seeing, in a single sea.. son, one of his plays become the outstanding American success of the season and another fail dis- mally in an out-of-the-way little. theatre.

While "Street Scene," the prize winner, was playing uptown, a little group resurrected "Subway," which he wrote a couple of years ago and was unable to sell. Rice believes "Subway" to be a play of considerable importance, yet he never was able to get a producer interested in it. Crilles averred that had it been put on a few seasons back it would have been a

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The Queen recently paid a visit to Deptford to open the Rachel McMillan College, the foundation- stone of which was laid by Lady Astor. The College gives training for nursery school teachers, and adjoining is a nursery school where proper care is given to children whose early years were spent under conditions in which health was impossible. Our photograph shows Her Majesty with some of the children, in the playground, (Timea copyright).

auccess. It suffered, they said, from the passage of time and eon- sequent changes in modes and

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Street Scene" had been peddled- about for nearly two years before William Brady took a chance at it. Almost every producer, including some of the most astute, had kick- ed it out. Rice insisted on direct. icg

his own play-and finely directed it was.

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rich." He enjoys the retirement of an elaborate library, for he is n profuse reader. And he is but 36.

Not the least interesting com- mentary upon any closing season He never has belonged to the concerns the number of just fair- that survive. conventional' group of play-to-midding plays

3 few wrights; nor has he ever surren- Hundreds start, and but dered to the usual dramatie finish. formulas.

Thus a play, which has a great many things the matter with it is "Courage"....yet it has joined the ranks of the most successful, having run since early winter. Therein. were two good performances: one by Janet Beecker, a seasoned and excellent actress, and a boy player by name of Junior Durkin, who a real discovery.

At present he is working with Deems Taylor on an operatie ver- sion of "Street Scene." The first of two plays he hopes to produce next year will be "Life is Real,' which he says is a comedy.

In spite of the fortune he has made from his prize winner, Rice has no intention of becoming "quick

A 5,000-MILE VOYAGE. Greek's Attempt in Small Boat.

Billle Dove (left) with Kay Francis. They are featured in "A Notorious Affair."

HEAS ULYSSES

The London parks and gardens presented a brilliant show of spring flowers dur- ing May, there being some 200,000 British-grown tulips in bloom. Our photograph shows a bed of these tulips in St. James's Park, where they made a bright splash of colour against green lawns and shrubs. (Times copyright).

Miami, Fla., May 10. off its couree and delayed many

In a 16-foot sail boat, named days. Copper tanks carry a total the "Ulysses" after the Greek hero, of 35 gallons, and allowing, two Nicholas George Gongopolos, a quarts of water per day for drink- sailor, has set forth from here on ing purposes, the adventurous a solitary 5,000 mile voyage to his mariner has a supply sufficient to last him 150 days. Some home in Athens, Greece.

sailors urged him strongly to take The long mariner sailed away more water, but Gongopolos was from here in a specially con- sure he would be able to make structed boat. It is stoutly built, Bermuda, and then the Azores be- the oak ribs being only five inches fore any shortage of water was apart. The cedar planking is apparent. He hopes to arrive in copper riveted and bronze bolted Gibraltar in from 50 to 70 days, throughout. Scamen who inspect and complete the entire journey in ed the craft testified to its sea- less than 120 days. worthiness..

Gongopolos declared that patrio- Fresh water may become a pro- tism was his only motive. for blem if the little craft is blown making the journey.

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Photo of the official opening of the Shanghai Police and Hongkew Bowling Clubs taken on their Greens at Hongkew Park. A plck-up rinks game was played between the two clubs. Mr. J. E. Wheeler and Mr. J. Souza skipped the

winning rinks, After the game, spoons were presented to the winners by Mr. J. Souza, who made a very pleasant speech and complimented the Police on their good play. Mr. Wheeler suitably replied.