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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1933.

BEFORE YOU

DECIDE

NOTES OF THE DAY

AFTER REPEAL-WHAT?

GILES PLAYFAIR FEARS THAT

SOON WE SHALL HAVE

THE

NO ACTORS

NHE other day I had the honour; has been compelled to dismiss to speak to one of the most most of his staff and has taken to dusting the auditorium himself. famous provincial theatre man-

ALL 13 NOT WELL.. agers in England.

on your NEW CAR to be followed after the playhouse, which

you should try out the NEW VAUXHALL LIGHT SIX

decorates

It would be idle to pretend that lo owns and directa a spacious

there are no exceptions to this 4 goneral rule. There are fashionable seaside resort. Ils touring shows which have done trionic celebrities of the past and well and are still doing well.

some

State after State in America is recording its conviction In favour of the ropeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Tho decision seems likely to be unanimous. In the circumstances, it is an odd thing the Americans seem to be too busy, or something, to give the slightest thought to the question of what amendment has been discarded. Is the United States to go back to the old high-license regime that was common before 1920? Will of the present have been proud to There are some resident concert they adopt the Ontario system, or bring their plays and their comparties which have made a deal of "In two years money for their sponsors. But a modification thereof? Is the panics to him. Quebec system one which could time," he said, cheerfully, and the sad fact remains that all is not well with our Provincial Theatre be profitably copled? Will it be helped himself to a whisky and and there seema scant hope of necessary to find an entirely nowoda, "every provincial theatre in improvement. method of handling the problem?

HAVE

All of these questions become this country will be closed." more important each week. So far as we can see, no-one has hardly ARRIVED! bothered to give them a thought. It rush would be very foolish to through with the task of repeal HONGKONG HOTELng the dry law without devoting time to a consideration of what sort of control is to be exercised GARAGE

Infterward.

Stubbs Road (Showroom)

PHONE 27:78-9

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1933.

ON THE ROAD

The Very Idea!

SWEEP AND LOW

By Eddio "So & So!! Kolly EVERBODY'S doing it. You

can bay tickets in the Chinese National Sweep, the Irish Sweep, Tattersall's, Police Sweeps, Street Sweeps, and many other sweeps too numerous and dirty to men- tion. Consequently, Edward Kelly announces the opening of an office for the sale of sweep tickets in Hongkong.

Invest your money in Kelly Sweeps Inc. Do you want half a million bucks? Would first prize in the

It would surprise many to re- The average Londoner, in so far lee that in the palmy days of the as he thinks of the Theatro at all, Theatre the successful touring Irish Sweep be of any use. thinks of it only in terms of the actor was far more certain of a to you. Or would you like lucrative living than the West End West End stage. He is inclined to star. It would surprise them to invest ten cents in the imagine that the handful of actors more to realise that there are many office Football Sweep? ·

If so, Kelly is your man, and actresses who perform there-famous touring actors who have on are the sum representatives of refuacd and are ready to refuse the theatrical profession and that again any offer, however tempting, All you have to do is send

to play on the London Stage.

the necessary, cash And it is still true to say that in (together with ullage, corkage

a profession where fortunes aro

him

..

the British Theatre begins and ends within a three-mile radius of Piccadilly-circus. Those who seldom made, the richest actors and pillage) to win a prize. Ho The Return of motoring offences write periodically of theatre are those who have bothered to will invest the money (less cork- in Britain for last year has slumps and of theatre booms, are build for themselves a provincial re-age, ullage and pillage) in any some interesting features. There

sweep you care to obtain tickets were 3,968 convictions for reck writing what they know of the putation.

But the main point is this. in. Saves worry and time. and financial status of the London less or dangerous driving.

successful touring actor less than a fifth of the offenders managers. In actual fact the The

He knows how If your ticket wins a prize, had their licences suspended. The Theatre is one of the most over knows how to act. description dangerous driving

craft in a hard school. A pro- next day by the P. & 0. liner for means something for more serious crowded of our national activities; to act because he has learned his Edward Kelly will depart the very at Home than it means in Hong-and if, numerically speaking, the vincial audience expects a certain Europe; if it doesn't the applicant

framed and kong, where a charge of negli-West End stage accounts for but standard of histrionic competence.will be given the ticket, suitably

дв inscribed, gent driving would often be more a fraction of this national activity, And a provincial audience is not auited to the facts. To bring the so to my mind is it only fractional- slow to voice its displeasure if that souvenir.

of competence is not Edward Kelly has always been. charge home it is necessary to ly important. But the Provincial standard

lucky. Robert MacWhirier once maintained. prove the danger and that triß-

gave him a gold watch and chain, ing formality is often dispensed Theatre is hard hit by the crisis. with in local courts. In EnglandIt is hard enough hit to stagger HIGH LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE. as in Hongkong, provisions limit the wildest imagination of

Old actors will tell you, quite Ing the speed of certain vehicles most pessimistic theatrical com rightly, that the best stage training The problems of industrial re-contempt, for there were more seems to be treated with general

must begin on tour.. Yesterday no actor or actress would dare face construction, which are to-day than 31,000 convictions under it.

London audience until he or she had engaging the thought of some And, since the average

been trained in this way. All our of the best brains in Britain, inflicted was under two pounds,

greatest men of the theatre have have seldom been more clearly we must assume that the typi-

is graduated from the Provinces, explained than in a report on cal magistrate does not feel con. banking, finance and investmentcerned to make it more respect- submitted in the last day or two ed. We often wonder whether

BANKING RECONSTRUCTION

clusions in many quarters, al- MR. GANDHI'S MISTAKE though the rapidity with which

this spirit is disappearing is one

penalty

mentator.

the

THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION The Provinciali Theatre literally threatened with ex. tinction.

**

Parker fountain pen and fivo. bucks in cash.

Naturally, when MacWhirter started to get a bit sore, Kelly had

to return the five bucks and the blame someone else for the loss of gold watch, but be managed to the fountain pen.

Kelly has also been very lucky in other respects. He once, got a To-day the discipline of Yester-silver-plated spittoon from the day has been relaxed and the result Hongkong Hotel, a set of teaspoons. Young men and from the Exchange Restaurant, and And it is my belief that if tho is plain to see. to the annual conference of the 15 m.p.h. prominently displayed Labour Party. The origin of on commercial vehicles is intend-threat is fulfilled all that is women walk the London Stage has several times managed to evade without any previous experience the boy with the chit book at the genuine and all that is founded on and maintain a high level of in- Peninsula. the analysis will doubtless pre-ed to mean anything at all.

You're bound to be lucky if you judice feeling regarding its con-

worthy tradition in our theatre to competence. The perpetuation of day must inevitably disappear. the genuine theatrical craft is left invest your lattery cash with Kelly to the touring companies and the Inc. You can't go wrong, ex- When I speak of a Provincial raro fow who still think it worth pecially if you're a man. In India the outlook seems tour I do not confine myself to while to learn the job of acting

Kelly has had years of practice of the most remarkable results perceptibly improving. But for discussion of those companies, are left to bring spasmodic hope to with barrels. Why not share in of the world economic crisis. Mr. Gandhi, the Poona meeting headed by a minor London star, the London Stage.,.

his luck. Let him but your next Proffered remedies for the of the Congress would have call-

From these remarks it is easy to lottery ticket, and if it wins a world's ills are being examined ed off civil disobedience. Already which seek to entertain the public! upon their merits to-day more fourfifths of those who had been by the presentation of some popu-understand the irreparable blow prizo and you can get anything out. These results speak for them- than ever before and the Labour in prison for it a year ago have ar straight play; I include the which would be struck at one of our of him, you'll know what luck is. report will undoubtedly be paid renounced it and come out. Mr. twice-nightly touring revues, con- oldest national pastimes if the Proselves. In the last Chiness National the tribute of the close attention Gandhi, however, persuaded the cert purties, repertory companies, vincial Theatre were in fact to of' modern economists. Essen-meating that instead of calling off theatrical performances of every suffer extinction. There is grave Sweep, a ticket obtained by Kelly danger of it. The reason for the was only 10,121 off the first prize. ally, of course, the solution unconditionally they should allow sort and description.

danger is not hard to discover nor In the last two Irish Sweeps Kelly him to negotiate with the Viceroy means reconstruction along So-for its removal on terms. Lordsion

All are affected by the depres-is the remedy far off. The average has just missed tvinning £2,000,-

in like manner, from the playgoer used to be content with 000. cialist lines, by the creation of a Willingdon very properly refused show which is given at a large what he called his money's worth. SEND YOUR MONEY NOW. NO National Investment Board and to make terms about the with theatro in some manufacturing In these days of financial depres- QUESTIONS ASKED. the amalgamation of the "Big drawal of a policy which is "whol-town to the show which is givension money is tight and hard to

with Five" in a single banking cor-ly unconstitutional" and

In a village hall.'

spare. Moreover, the average play- poration, under public ownership which "there can be no comprom-

goer has grown used to the cheap Every resident manager, the luxuries of the cinema. He looks and control. A few years ago,lse." Mr. Gandhi, therefore, had such proposals would have been to climb down and withdraw.civil grontest and the humblest, will tell for more than his money's worth, the patient brought in on that condemned out of hand; but disobedience as a national policy you the same story. The pro- It is for the enterprising touring those who are learning the les-while persisting in his intran-prietor of a seaside pavillon re- sons of 1929-33 will at least effort, His firat sign of wisdom been in the Coast business for 30

Bigence by calling upon individual cently informed me that he had managers to fulfil his expectations. I seriously advise all those who study what the authors have to

comes to-day with the announce-years and that his experience was are interested in the welfare of our say. Much of it consists of a ment that he will not take steps worth nothing to him. Nowadays Theatre to give to the Provinces plain statement of conditions likely to lead to re-imprisonment whatever attraction he cares to their valuable attention; for if they commonly admitted to exist; it This can only mean that indivi- book he can never be sure of its do not all other effort, however will be sadly ia in the remedies that contro dual disobedience will rapidly die appeal, and as often as not it turns brave and sincere,

out to be a completo failure. He wasted. versy lies, although the activities as a doctrine. of the National Government and

of the Roosevelt Administration EVENTS IN AMERICA contain in themselves the indica- tions that ultimately planned

Evonts in America are, exciting economy, which is the basis, is

much attention and the "I told you bound to come. The Nationalso school is likely to become Investment Board would con- active. It is already being pointed stitute the general staff of out that he has been very anxious the Government for planning over public works programmes and disregard and co-ordinating the mobili- some other matters to sation and allocation of that the experience of others and buy part of the national wealth des-hla vn. He may buy it rather tined for capital investment. It denr; but it would be a rash pro- many would not directly finance any phet who viewing the activities, public or private, but changes in Mr. Roosevelt's policy during the past few months, it would see that investment ventured any confident forecast of montes were diverted into social-what he will be doing three months ly-useful channels, ending the hence. system where money does not go where it is most needed, but

merely expresses the investor's present managers and staff natural desire to make private would continue to function under profit as quickly and as largely the now directorate, that the as possible. If anyone thinks government would indicate the that the undertaking is impos-general lines of policy and would sible, he need only be referred to require the single Banking Cor. the example of the War, when, poration to cooperate with the in a state of admitted national | Bank of England and the Nation- emergency, finance and invest-al Investmont Board. The Ro mont were, in fact, drastically port also contemplates the creat controlled by the Government.lon of a now credit institution, Even to-day, the Chanceller of us recommended by the Macmil the Exchequer oxercises some lan Committee, to take over the control over finance when he frozen credits of the Joint Stock wills it, by imposing restrictions Banks. The object is to in- on Stock exchange activities, troduce greater efficiency and. and foreign investments In simplicity into Britain's financial Its scheme for control of bank-Institutions, to squeeze out tho gym4dendłoposhomontamplatóni maannnaşı middleman and bar- that the Government would asites and to mobiliss to the full acquire the shares of the "Big: the country's financial resources, Five" and therewith the right to It makes excellent reading, if nominata the directors, that the nothing else.

It's funny they're not ho me, bocause I wrote that wo

were driving down for a visit."

ROBBERY

"Good morning, sister. How is

emergency case last night doing

an

this morning?" "He had

uncomfortable night, but is much improved to- day, doctor."

"He sure was brought hero in a serious condition. The police- man said he found him in the middle of Der Voeux Road wan- dering around in a dazed condi tion. Poor fellow, he must i sve been in a terrible brawl of some kind. Has he told anyone what happened yet: he wasn't able to last night?"

"Why, yes, doctor. He says he' was walking across the road and that he's near-sighted and that" "Hmmmmmmm, I see; probably stepped right in front of an motor-car and didn't see it coming. Too bad, too bad; that's just what

"No, doctor, that isn't it. He hailed a car, it stopped, he got in and then

"So, that's it, eh? They got him in there on a pretence of

giving him a lift and then robbed. him and throw him--".

"No, doctor, it turned out to

bo a public' car!

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Every woman we fall in love with has either an obnoxious hus- band of a passionate desire for matrimony. M

We want to die and go to heaven. We shall enjoy heaven Every woman there will be. beautiful and exquisite. We can fancy ourself chasing them through the soft, grey clouds, their pink. hools pattering among. the stars, their glorious -oyes flashing an invitation to uN, KO

Thoro will be no double chins in heaven, neither will shiny nose destroy romance. SAMA

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what one Bay!

there shall be no m iving in me