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SONG CYCLES

Three Pastoral Songs. Roger Quilter.

Selected Song. Edvard Grieg.

Sea Chanties. Geoffrey Toye.

A Pageant of Summer.

May H. Bruhe.

A Lover in Damascus. Woodforde-Finden

MELBA'S WEALTH,

FRIENDS ON THE ROMANCE.

OF HER WILL.

Dame The announcement that Nellle Melba's fortune amounted to £200,000 has caused some sur- prise in operatic circles.

"An Queen of the Opern and, the most successful soprano in the world, we naturally looked upon her ILM an extremely wealthy WOTNUB,' said a close business of Metba. "We fully Associate expected that her fortune would prave to be much bigger, but, like most wealthy people, he suffered heavy losses during the war and in later investments in Australia."

Melba inherited nearly £260,000 on the death of her father.

Love for Pamela.

that

A romance of the will is she left to Pamela, her 12-year-old granddaughter, her collection of, jewels, valued at £14,000, most of which were the gifts of Royaltics, Pamela, who is the daughter of Mr. George Arm- strong, will oventually Inherit tho catale.

TSANG FOOK PIANO Melba's son.

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"Melba adored the chlid na most children are adored by their grand- parents." End agent. "She often mentioned said her former West

her 'Dear little Pamela' to her friends. As far a B aware, the little girl has never been in

ber England, although

parents visited longium about two' yenra

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Bole Agent

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Perry Enics, fornier secretary and business manager of the Grand Opera Syndleate, who I left £50 andey the will, knew; Mba intimately at Covent Garden for about 30 yenza.

Melba Tie-Pins.

That is 108 the Arst gift I BUSSAN have received from Mela."

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LAGER BEER

SPERALLY BREED

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saic "Soon after I first went to KAISHA Cent Garden she presented me

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with one of her fateSELM "Melba' HONGKONG thespins. It

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gold and ennowed, and bore her monugrum,

"Same years inter she naked: By the way, have you got a ties I answered that she had Bath there she said. The already given the und "Then you

much

more

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abable one, with her monogram in diamonds and pearls. That wax one of her ways of grading her

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Sfriendships.

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these tie-pins behind her in many parts of the world, and there are neval in London.

Prima Donnas Fortunes.

Melba left the big fortrus co- pared with the other prima donnay for her time. Maie. Patti left £10,887, Mine. Albani left Only £117 10%, while Mine. Emmy Destinn died in poverty.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1931.

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WOMEN'S

WORLD

FOR OUR LADY READERS.

Printed Fabrics Still in Favour.

A new spring alternoun frock is unide of marochin with a modernistic design in white na a black background worl trimmed with a new type of white pique collar and cuffs. -with four shiny black buttons fastening the cuffs. A new evening gown features the new three-enfour scheme in 11s print, which is pale green and pale pink on a black back- ground, has a skirt made with the draped front that is a new note and a searí type of decolletage,

A COMMON AFFLICTION.

is

TO-DAY'S RECIPES.

Apple Battery.

There are about as many ways fof doing apples for human con- sumption as there are of cooking potatoes! Most of them quite vondly, this being one such simple thus: pee and fully core some bl cookers, and put them into a well- buttered ware-baking dish, which they should pretty well. All. Put a little dub of butter at bottom of each core-hole: fill up with treacle or golden syrup. Then pour over them a batter made from flour, egg, and a few drops of milk, Bake for about three- quarters of an hour, or forty-five minutes might be gufflelent. Jelly Salnd.

A very pretty dish, and, being so, it is queer that one so seldom meets with it. Make a mixture of six tablespoonfuls of sugar, a

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS.

Across

13.

10

1 A word intimately associated

with genius--and pains, A boy's first love. 10 Sounds Bike trainer's exhorta- tion to a dushing young fellow to row

11.Scotland Yard has him docketed. 12 Get this on the way out-

13 but came in here.

16 T in the middle of the ascent, 17 The Best part of a sentence

passed in Japan.

towering in her pride

of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at und killed." #atac beth".

breakfasleupful each of desiccat-19 Most of this may be passed also e coevanut and of minced celery, 1 Your this must to

in the Kingdom of Spain.

certain ¦ a couple of apples, skinned, cored, extent be high, although you jand chopped fairly fine, and the may be quite short.

strained juice of two lemons. To 21

2 Obstruction.

this pul enough cooled gelatined- water to ensure a jellifed result. When it is showing a mind togs become a jelly, put it into smali moulds, welted, and there let it remain until it is firm. Turn 28 them out! Pour over mayonnaise dressing; with chopped parsley or don't do N12. They make J dainty in-

while this pie is appreciated in England, in France they consider. it thin.

circumstances can this be In out of pince, thema1 The newcomer seened genial to prinkle ail of them (hidden).

| between course all by themavlýna, |

age begins to show itself in the one who does the actual work.

33 A war-time miss whom no one

misses,

or they are excellent with my 36 Tuke away. cold while meat or cold fowl.

OATMEAL FOR THE FACE.

uf their own defects and as preved Oatmeal is cleansing and at their own failure as anyone. soothing to the skin, and is best There is something heroie infused in this way: Put a teaspoon- posing the weakest joints of fel into a bath glove, with a thick Jone's armour, but what of the slice of lemon, without the rind. partners who share in the inevit-Steep this for an hour or two in

enid water-or

On Doing One's Worst

able defeat?

night if To 120 the admired of all Caruso let property worth beholders a natural desire

We all have this falling: Con-required in the morning. Before million firewominally £1,200,000). { shared by everyone who wishes to Meious of our weak points we are ad squeeze the glove in the water

be pleasant in company.

Yet not content to enver them from in which it steeped and use the some imp of perversity chooses others but drag them out to see water in the ordinary way. EĻINOR GLYN'S CAT. [just these oensions to provoke if they really are so bad.

AND ETHEL MANNIN'S

Y Mrs.

Water.

CONFESSION,

people to unwrap their rustiest "This time conquer that

talents.

handicap we say and believe... "If There

thing Mes. Ulf fatiure mocks us again. It is Farmest can't do it's sing. The like indulging a morbid desire to

Elinor Gyn spoke of poor deur doesn't seem to realise faggravate a pain. Miss Ethel Momnia spoke.

She arrives at every pasty

You know two friends. with a portfolio of selected songs, faml someone ja sitre do ke mi has a fair for the right clothes,

of myle and sex. Candide lay on the fale and playət.

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Jane

A cat, they say, may laugh at Equidend emánych to ask her to Joan is conscious that she lacksi

literary cal. "one eblige. She nevet vetives,”

the same taste, but for that very (assuries, may sleep a

The liction i commen. A reason she attempts to emulate four is being made up for tennis.Jane. She even copies Jane's

la king.

Cutler.

Carlile is a cal-- Mrs.

NTIONS!

the

guests 31

That

Elinor Someone peale. in: "I don't cuteurs and costumes, which are CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME- | Clyn's favourite Persian. He was mind; it is to help you out."quite unsuitable for her.

Foyle's The rest tolerate th newcomer, literary luncheon at the Criterion inping that he or she will eat befly advertises Joan's defect. - Restaurant.

He sat on Mrs. Glyn's lap. with quite the rabbit they look. The prove to be worw. Their vam tw paws on the table, and he even shows

712020 enthusiasm maintained his poise when the fish sense. course was served.

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Detached and Semi-detached villas.

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"Cambay Buildings"

on the to court

are not brilliant

Of course we refuse to surren-i der to our private foes, and tight) anthem all along the line, but it is

much better to carry "Candide," said Mrs. Glyn, “ Or it is a hand for bridge. The struggle secretly than my expression of discipline. You ever-ready offers herself with thei runnot brain a Womu. we all remark, “I've been longing to pet;

open defcat. know, but I wanted to see if it in some prazlice. You see, I only Perhaps we was possible to train a ent so that used to know whist, and learn conversationallats. Then why try absolutely abeys, 1 claim that bridge last week." After an acrid shine at talking? Sympathetic Candide does su He a really post-mortem on the rubber. akej paychic ent."

volunteers, buite unnecessarily, listeners are rarer and more wel- "I'm afraid I'm not very good at come. Let us exploit our gifts it yet."

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"Homanticism," said Miss Man- {ain. “makes you feel very good. but the sex interest lasts for ever.

you know what I mean." Everybody (except Candide) looked, very knowitur.

URODONAL

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Conscious of Weak Points.

To be oneself is to nchlove supremacy in a certain line, No The curious part is that often one else can be just the personali- these people are fully consciously we are.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

SAY, FRECKLES, DID THEY EVER CATCH FARBAR, OUT THERE

IN THOSE MOUNTAINS?

I JUST WONDERED...

YES... THEY FOUND HIM AN' WHO DO YOU SUPPOSE GOT HIM?

I SUPPOSE YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME YOU DID... NO FOOLIN,

WHO DID GET

-HIM?

Effective.

A new felt favoured shows the brim mounted high on the crown and the long back slight shirred. A grosgrain bow is posed at the side.

RILEY DID...AN' DID HE CLEAN UP ON HIM... BOY! THAT RILEY CAN FIGHT LET ME TELL.

You!!

Oscar Is Dublous

BUT DID THEY TAKE HIM AWAY "TO JAIL, WHERE

HE WON'T EVER GET OUT AGAIN

?

17 In taete, to a verlain extent, but,

on the whole, tasteless.

8 A piece of sail rolled up-only more menny keep a sailor warm. 3 Not frictionl.

Don't

1 What opera should appent ta

van-drivers?

2 Exact.

3 Snecessful hit.

1 Signs of all times.

There are oats in this oven.

7 as #L

medical round, but is snub's work, pure and simple.

8 Gars back, certainly, but why in

regard to pleasures?

This is very shaky...

STICKERS

Can you draw a continuous line through the circle to produce two light and two dark sections, all four to be of the same shape and size?

14 Go wrong in a bank, and por- haps in consequence run away at the Bnish.

16 A joint matter between head

and shoulder.

18 Look out! there is danger around-

the broken pier.

20.This drake has narcotic pro-

peties,

21 This pen may describe the kind of collar that cowboys used to give to horse-thieves.

The culprit is, obviously, from the guard,

126 Don't pull the first part of this beneficiary in front of a starting place.

27 This is sharp set in spite of the

ment portion.

28 A way in may be very hard and

decidedly tony.

29 No longer In the army, this

officer goes to sea.

30 Quite an Important matter on foot, and in It Sal plays a divided part.

84 What part of a newspaper does

one cover with buttons?

35 A

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Bttle spot in the river... founded on Bes.

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Saturday's Solution

The above diagram shows the paper hoy's route in four straight lines, bong from "A" to "B." This requires him to go out of bounds and consequently is not the shortest route, but it does not violate any conditiass of the problem.

BIG STRIKE THREAT.

FRENCH WORKERS AGAINST

FOR PUBLIC USE. LOWER PAY.

RIGHTS OF MOUNTAIN Roubaix, May 17.

AND MOOR. One endred and twenty-five thousand workers in the Roubaix-

London, May 10. Tourcoing zone have been ordereal The text of a Bill has been by the Textile and General Workers, lasued, backed by the members of Union to strike on Monday, in op-three parties, with the object of position to the employers' proposals securing to the public, the rights to reduce wages.

of free access to uncultivated Gradually, the mustal workers.mountain and moor land, for the transport workers, and engineersparposes of recreation or artistle engaged In textile factories will study, subject to provisiona support the strike-Reuter, against abuse-British Wireless.

NO, BUT RILEY TIED HIM ALL UP AN, BELIEVE ME HE WONT EVER

BOTHER ME ANY

MORE!

By Blosser

HOW DO YOU KNOW BUT WHAT HE MIGHT TURN UP AGAIN T‡' ...RIGHT HERE IN

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