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TRADER HORN'S·

DOUBLE.

ONCE A HIGHER

MATHEMATICIAN,

DRAMA OF HIS LIFE.

Trader Horn la not dead. He lives again in the person of "Paper Jack," an astonishing philosopher whose strange figure has aroused The interest of" people for miles around Waddon and West Croydon. Surrey,

found, him writes Daily Mail, correspondent, anal- most exact counterpart of the Truder, with Bowing heard and hair to his shoulders, dozing peacefully A strip of frosty waste land beside the railway lines at Wad- alon.

His only clothing was a suit of brown paper tied to Bis muuasive frame with bits of string, His arum were herculean in development and bronzed with health, and hin eyes had the merry twinkle

Rath.

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"Sit down, my friend,' he said, mutioning me to a seat on the grass beside hito, and his voice had the eniture of an academician.

The Mad World.

Then he saw that, even

even in a thick overcoat. I was shivering, and he smiled tolerantly. "My poor Tellow," he said, “I had almost for- Retten that you had from the dear, which belleves that world warmth comes from clothen and fires and that food CONTEM from shop,"

He laugher. "I'm 58," he went "ur so I think, for I've rather (1), lost track of time. I haven't slept in a bed or had a suit of clothes or an illness for ten years. I haven't iken to a rinema for 25; I've never been in an arcoplane-and I don't

anyone in the world.

warm because my heart and lungs work as nature meant then to. I'm happy berunsO believ in God and not in gold, never get any letters or bills, never look al

a clock, and sleep---when I feel like -under the stars or in little wooden hut."

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1931.

HOME SECRETARY GOES CANVASSING.

Sir Herbert Samuel, Home Secratury in the New National Government, is here shown canvassing at a cottage in the Darwen Division, where he was opposed by * Unionist and Labour candidates.~~~{Times copyright).

CINEMA SCREENINGS.

NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE

THEATRES.

as hi

"Any part in n picture with Norme Shearer is a good part to piny!"

Robert Montgomery squinted into the electric-lamped mirror daubed the dark make-up on his youthful countenance in his dressing room at the Metro-Goldwyn-Maver studio.

FANLING STEEPLECHASES.

SOME PONIES WORTH REMEMBERING.

| By "Ringtail."}

With every likelihood of the Mis fields averaging much larger than Aston us I played with Shearer in Their Own Desire good at previous meetings, the racing at erition) notices and fan mail began Kwanti racecourse to-morrow from everywhere, he should be attractive and interest continued. Her, pictures are consing. particularly 接合多 the new tantly good and naturally draw more turfing is in a wonderful condi attention and cominent than many tion. others.

pouring in.

POLICE CLUB.

NEW PARKING PLACE BEING PREPARED,

In a week or so, members of the Police Recreation Club will have a new car-park outside their club- house in Happy Valley.

WILM

years,

People passing the Police Club will have noticed that workmen have been bury the last few days clearing the garden on the western side of the clubhouse. This garden, which was enclosed by shrubbery, a familiar sight for some

The removal of this garden leaves a triangular piece of vacant

which provides an Mike, a recent winner on the ground. Ifeot have attracted as much notice, 03 Bal at Happy Valley, will be cellent site for a car-park, of which I did in the supporting role I played saddled for the Sheungshui Handi. the members of the Police Club with her. Of course, it was in the cap.# hurdle race for China have been in sore need for some beginning of my screen cureer, and it was the juicient le I had played.is, over a mile and a quarter time. When completed, it will have With Mens Shearer you always have distance, and from what I have er for seven or eight cara. perfect self-confidence. She never Heard. he will be a hard one to leaves you standing in the middle of heat.

"Paper Jack" does not smoke or drink, and he exists on about 2d. worth of brown bread a day. told me his story as we sat there om the grass.

Back to Nature. The Hon of

a once-prosperous. Landon business man who shared in erecting famous building of 700 offices, he studied in bliher mathematics, took his degree as a

surveyor, and helped to

to map

$2

"out

section of the Brighton railway.

But I was crippled in my youth by rheumatic fever," he told me. and would still be the same was if I had not got away from the doctor. One side of my body was almost helpless.

"Suddenly I decides to get track to nature. For nearly three years starved, wandering around almost the country and sleeping in the wel. But gradually my body, softened by coddling in youth, became strong. to tight.

“I went about barefoot and onee! got a terribly poisoned leg through treading on a rusty nail.

"Had I been a star myself I could

# scene wondering what to do next.

The next time I played with her

Among the runners for the

I was not leading man but instond Taipa Stakes. Marquis Hall and! played sort of polite hervy, San Francisco should be promin- there is such a thing. It was in The ent. Rosslan will not be saddled Divorced and that part brought me for this avont and perhaps Tom outstanding recognition. With an and White Heather will also be

absent.

other feminine star the part perhaps, would not have panned out so well na usually other roles are subordiunted to the starring part, naturally.

ex-

IDEAL SEASON-TICKET

HOLDER.

(Continued from. Pagë 0.):

Essential, my dear. to the poor Pegasus or Fritz should both be darling's blood-pressure. burden in the Sun Kum Shan: In the case of Film Stars' pets, the position is doubtful. The at- titude of the railway companies towards chimpanzeen, yaks, and lizards (lounge and assorted) has yet to be specified. And it is still fundecided whether snake-charmers will have to put their stage-part- ners on the rack.

Selections:..

have it so in her pictures. She wants

"Miss Shearer, however, will not Plate. the roles surrounding her to have the character described in the story, he lieving they aid her characterization by way of convincing contrasts.

"There is an utter imselfishness to Mias Shearer in her work that stands out above all else. She is a sincere performer and gives all the energy she ne to her characterizations. I1 is this earnestness that makes play.

They wanted me to go to hospital-ng her her as much pleasure. to have the leg off-hut I refused.

"In this picture. 'Stranger May nal it got better. Kiss. I play part similar to that "Nature will put if you let it; I've

that out are by the anue author, Urania in ten years of homelessness."

"Paper Jack" gripped my hand | and left him--dezing again, his brown armas crossed on his chest

1 just left it alo9 *** right did in The Diverore.' The stories,

GEN. HONJO REQUESTS

A FREE HAND.

«Continued froin Page 1.)

follow on Sunday.

In a reply to Wednesday's tofe- gram from M. Briand, the President

f

Neutral Commission to examine the Nonni Bridge affair.

The Japanese Foreign Minister, Baron Shidchara, in a telegram to M. Briand, states that the Japan ese troops near Nonni Bridge have been Instructed to avoid hostilites so long as the Chinese forces ab- stain from attack, the note em- phasises the willingness of Japanese to give the widest possible faciliten to observers appointed by numbers of the Lengue to investigate the Manchurian situation. British Wirclens.

Parrett.

"Heads Up."

Margaret Breen, Charles Rogers"

leading woman in "Heads Up," which in now showing at the King's Theatre, never knew what stage-fright felt like, although she had played in a muniber of Brondway shows, until she took the first serven test preliminary to her assignment to "Heads Up."

"Born and raised, you might say, the stage, Miss Breen declared, "I never know what slago-fright was until I came in front of the camera. | Realizing that every minmove I made

Est Race.

Mike. Royal Flush. PicealiH.

2nd Race.

Mascot. Nuukhail, Glorious Stug.

3rd Race.

San Franciscn, Marquis Hall. The Partridge.

4th Race.

Nidd.

Reo Leaves. Peter Gurney.

6th Race.

Brunswick Hall. Mongolian Stag. Blue Boy.

6th Race,

Fritz. Pegasus.

The Bustard.

7th Race.

Movannetier. Choctow. II. Celerity.

Fox Trot-Good Night Poor

Harvard. March-Down the Field, Fox Trol The Triple Cheer. March-The Princeton Cannon

Song March. 22645. Waltz-One More Waltz. Waltz-Until We Meet Aguin

Sweetheart. 22521. 10.30 pm. (approx:). Rugby mid- day press news,

11.30 p.m. Close down.

All the Records in the above Euro- pran programmes ure kindly supplied by Messrs. Anderson Music Co.

SUNDAY'S PROGRAMME, 10.00-11.00 p.m Rolay of St. Joseph's Church Morning Service. Sermon, "Nature of the Sacraments" by the Rev. Father P. Joy S.J.

11.00-12.00 p.m. Relay of St. Paul's Church Morning Service.

12.00-2.00 pm. Chinese recorded programme.

1.00 p.m. Local time and weather report.

2.00 pm. Close down.

8.00-10.00 p.m. European pro- gramme of Columbin records kindly supplied by Mesars. Anderson Music Co.

8.00 p.m. Local time and weather 8.06-9.08 p.m. Orchestral-A Thousand And One

Nights (Johann Strause).

the Council, urging upon the would minek me whiên 1 looked at the Chinese and Japanese Governments developed film, and that every sour the importance of restraint, ther uncertain note I wing would lesson Chinese Government have asked for my chances of entering the talking:

pictures. I tried hard to be perfect.

"But my Tenta died the minute I began to sing. One of the first les- ona I had to perfect when I studied music, was to control the muscles of my body. This exercise strengthens the voice and at the ame time gives one physical, and mental poise."

ginia Cherrill and Marguerite Church-report. Miss Breen has had important roles ill which comes to the King's Theatre in "The Duchess of Chicago." "Peggy Ann," and last season, while

next Sunday.

The three players were John Wayne under contract to Schwab and Mandel, Eddie Nugent un Carter Gibson. the titian haired mezzo-soprana seared Wayne is the former University of the ingenue in "Good News," Southern California football player Rogers and Miss who was working as a prop boy an Breon the enst of "Heads Up" in- the Fox lot when Raoul Walsh select cludes Victor Moore, last seen as one et him to play the important land in Piano Side-Hungarian Rhapsody of the comedians in "Dangerous Nan "The Big Trail." McGrew," and Helen Kane, the busum Nogent was a former property boy booper of boop-boopa-doops in thent the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios same pleture.

when discovered as a potential actor "Heads Up" is a story about ay a director and given a role which Ragers as the hero is assigned to with that organization. young hero of the U. S. Coast Guard. eventually led to a long term contract duty, shortly after graduation from the Coast Guard aendemy, on the at the Fox studios in various positions Gibson Sea youth who has worked private yacht of Miss Breen's mother, including script boy and later pro- The Captain of the yacht is suspected perly boy. of dealings with rum-rannars but is

Tientein Chaos.

Tlontain, Nov. 13. Intermittent firing of rifles were heard this morning and afternoon. It is believed that some skirmishes between the Chinese Government troops and

nd the rioters securred on the southern side of the Chinese state that city. Chinese sources the rioters mado desperate aB- snulta but were

repulsed.

Over 3,000 wealthy residents have left for Feking in view of the disturbances. Teking mes- that the hotels, are Hages state crowded

with these refugees. In an official communique Nanking the Military Governor of

to

In addition to

In between pictures Gibson Alled in

.

Felix Weingartner conducting the British Symphony Orch. LX133. Organ Solo-The Marchant of Venice

(F. Rosso),

Quentin Maclean. 9685-6, No. 12 (Liszt).

William Murdoch. 9282. Orchestral-Bronwen Overture

(Holbrooke). Symphony Orchestra Conducted by by Claude Powell. LX70, Organ Solo-Toccata in F (From Symphony No. 1) (Widor). Organ Solo-The Valkerice-Tho Rido

Quentin Maclean. DXC

of the Valkerles (Wagner),

Quentin Maclean. DX65, (Brahms) b. Spring Song (Mendelsohn).

so crafty that officials of the govern by doing extra work and played as an Piano Solos-a. Waltz in A Flat mont have been unable to get the oxira in the early scenes of "Girls good on him. Swift netion, glamorous Demand Excitement." romance and galon of comedy follow

"Girls Demand Excitement.”

in the wake of Rogers' impetuousIn the youth und gave him an oppor

Director Felix sensed possibilities Plano Solox-Liebestruum (Liszt). course toward youthful nucCÓRA.

William Murdoch. 0274. Lunity to play the role of a bashful

*0.08-10 p.m. freshman of the yoke! roder. Gibson

"In A Fersion Garden Suite" (Liza more than made good and his future Lehmann) from the “Rubulyat, of Chfhlf Province. General Wanged down and enveloped three youthful

The long arm of coincidence reach-in now sasure, the supporting-onstung by Dora Labetto (Soprano)

Omar Khayyam.".

059840602. Shu-chang, states that 400 rioters players in prominent roles in the Fox are George Irving, Helen eroule Eledell (Tenor) and Harold Willams

Prominent in

Muriel Brunil), (Contralto) Hubert have been killed or executed while Moviotone production, "Girls Demand Eddy, William Janney, Eddie Nugent 800 are being detained pending Excitement," directed by Seymour Terrence Ray, Marion Byron and (Baritone). trial-Rensko.

«!!! | Felix.and featuring John Wayne, Vie Addie McPhail

19.00, p.m....Closo down.

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RADIO BROADCAST

PROGRAMMES FOR TO-DAY

AND TO-MORNOW.

The radio programme to be broad- cust by Z. B. W. on a wavelength of 355 metres to-day is:

10.25-10.45 pm. A Running Com- montary on the opening stages of the Interport Cricket Match from the Hongkong Cricket Club Ground. By land permission of the Hongkong Cricket Club.

- 10.45 a.m. (approx:). Close down.

11.00 a.m. Stock quotations. 11.30 am. Chinese recorded pro-

ramme.

12.30 p.m.

European programme

of Victor and H. M. V. Recorrs,

1.00 p.m.

report.

1.30 p.m. notice, etc.

2.00 p.m.

Local time and weather

Rugby press news, mail

Close down.

4.00-7.00 p.m. Chinese progTRIME. 7.00-11.30 p.m. European pro.

gramme.

7.00 p.m. Mail notice, etc.

7.00-11.30 p.m. Programme of Vic.

tar and H. M. V. Records.

7.03-7.52 p.m.

Symphony No. 4 in E Minor

(Brahme Op. 98).

London Symphony Orchestra con- ducted by Herman Abendroth. M-31. 1st Movement-Allegro non troppo. 2nd Movement-Andante moderato. 3rd Movement-Allegro giocoso. 4th Movement-Allegro energies a

passionato. (Local time and weather

8.00 p.m.

Tupert).

7.62-8.33 p.m.

Variety.

Vocal Duet-Your Eyes.

Vocal Duet-My Song of Love.

22180.

Winni Melville and Derek Oldham, 03854. Song-Lucky Me-Lovable You. Song-Happy Days Are Here Again. Johnny Marvin (Comedian), Piano Solo-Body and Sout. Piano Solo-Moonbeam Dance,

Carroll Gibbons, Cornet Solo-For You Alone.

B9347.

Sergt. George Morgan. B3820. Humorous Song-Fonso (ly Hot

Spanish Knight).

Humorous Song-1 Just Can't Figure

It Out At AD.

Ciracle Fiolds, B3665, Duet for Two Planos-Ragamuffin, Duet for Two Pianos-Dance of the

Paper Dolls.

21929. Victor Arden-Phil Ohman, 8.33-9.13 p.m. A Selection of Victor Herbert's Music. C-1. Played by the Victor Light Opera Co, and Concert Orchestra. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life-Selections from "Naughty. Marietta"-Kiss Me Again- Selections from "The Fortune Teller"- Selections from "Sweet-Hearts"- Selections from "The Red MB!"-Air de Ballet and Al Fresco-Badinage. Selections from "Babes in Toyland"- March of the Toys,

0.13-0.30 p.m. Organ Salon. After I've Called You Sweetheart. Just A Memory.

Jesse Crawford. 21063. Jeannine I Dream of Lilne Time.. King for A, Day.

Jesso Crawford. 21681, 9.30-11.30 p.m. Dance programme. Fux Trot-Into My Heart.

22420. Fox Trot-Dark Night Fox Trot-Yours and Mine. Fox Trot-On a Little Balcony

in Spain, 22592, Fox Trot-And Then Your Lips

Met Mine.

Fox Trot-You're Simply

bellah. 22682, Waltz-Moonlight on the Colorado.

Fox Trot-Don't Tell Her. Fox Trot My Ideal.

22520.

22605.

Fox Trot-It's a Great Lifo. 22544. Fox Trot-I'm Thru with Love. Fox Trot-You Don't Know What

You're Doin'. 92077, Fox Trot-Good-night Sweat

Dreams. Fox Trot-Teardrops and

Kisses. Fox Trot-Sing Song Girl. Waltz-Song of the Big Trail. 22545. Fox Trot-The Verdict is Life. Pox Trot-Reminiscing. 22412. Fox Trot-Dancing to Save Your

Bolc. Fax Trot-All I Want is Just

One. 22384. Fox Trot-A Peach of a Pair.

22546. Fox Trot-Maybe It's Love. Waltz-Always. Waltz-Prince Flavia-

Medley,

19965.

Fox Trot-Out of Nowhere. Fox Trot Yours Is My Heart

Alone. 22008.

Fox Trot-The Voodoo, Fox Trot-African Lamont. Fox Trot-Sweepin' the Clouds

22067.

Away.

22346.

21213.

Fox Trot-Any Time's the Time

to Fall in Love. Waltz-Together.

Fox Trot-Dear, On a Night Like This. Fox Trat-Three Little Words. Fox Trot-Ring Dem Bella. 22528. Fox Trot-A Big Bouquet for You. Fox Trot-I'm Learnlig a Lot-

From You. 22610. (Continued on Previors Column.)

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