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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 180

BEACH CLUB GIRL

CHAPTER XXX

By MABEL McELLIOTT

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Hilda Apfel patted the band that nervously beat a tattoo on the table tup.

"Don't worry. You will."

everything,” · Boots |

Yet there was a cortain hardness, too, under Kay's air, of completo femininity. Kay had made a success in the work of affairs, too. Kay

said) over in Beekman Pince. All had a fat salary check, had her own modern spartment Edward had angles, Edward had said, and chairs

"If it weren't for my mother 1 Her heart began to beat thickly, Spring days with a hint of warmth girl wont on, gulping water hurriedly Kay.

wouldn't care no niuch,” the younger painfully whenever she thought “of in the air; rainy days with ribbon because of that treacherous lump in of silver mist floating in from the her throat. "It's--I wish I could see thought rebelliously.

gho has river and fog horns blowing her and be friends," Boots Ilved through them all. Edward wont. to..Nassau on a late Biarch cruise and she missed his voice on the telephone and his laugh and his admiring glance. It was lonely and her room was full of the rest lessness of spring. It was thrillingly painful on one of those lilac-tinted drying on city pavements, to walk ovonings, with a quick, earlier rain along the narrow streets,. to see bar rows of duffodils by the curb stone or a buckster with his wagon Alled with plants for window boxes pansies, pink geraniums, Ageratum. And to be alone in the city in spring- time, Boola discovered, is an experi ence at once sad and sweet.

She wanted someone to enjoy the lengthening days with her, someone to hum the music that every hurdy gurdy Italian played on his wheezy barrel organ. The radios along the shabby streets gilahed, music, too. And she was young. She went along on dancing feet,

Once she went to the movies with tall, blond, serious-minded Hilds Apfel who had been a student nurse but hadn't been able to stand the rigors of training. Blida was popu lar on thesavonth floor of Lacy's.

at Enstor.

suddenly, forcely. "I'll make some I'll come out of this," Boots and thing of myself; be somebody. Then I'll go home and show them." "How about the boy friend I've seen Hilda gave her a shrewd glance. waiting for you at the corner Thirty-fourth once or twice?"

Boota coloured. he's just a friend. A nice boy..

"Edward? Oh,

"He's rich, Isn't he?" Sho shrugged. "Yes I guess

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Once only recently Boots had had a glimpse of Kay in the store, Kay, in a charming spring frock of dark blue with touches of scarlet, had been wandering about with one of the buyers, Miss Bovan, touching fabrics, "You guess! Course he in. I saw making notations. Miss Bevan had that car of his. There was a follow been openly subservient. From a came up to Hunter's Falls in the distance Boots had watched the young LONDON SERVICE summer once with one like that. Englishwoman, had heard her doli- Minerva, lan't it?"

élous, low-toned laugh.

"I don't know honestly. I never

noticed."

Hilda gave her a wondering glance, "You're a riot. Honestly you are. No wonder the men fall for you. You've got I don't know a little girl way about you. That's what they like."

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Sho had not been able to explain

the deep-seated resentment shu had felt for Kay Chillingford.

"Anyhow she hasn't announced her engagement to Denis yet," Boute had anid hotly, proudly. Anyhow it in't settled."

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It was only, Boole reminded her- gulf, that Dents and she would no She was

as uick, eager. pleasant

Boots Bushed.. "I haven't."

fonger be friends, onca Kay had mar anieswoman There was talk of her.

"Well, take it from me he's somerled him. Kay would be you could being, made some sort of supervisor one to hang on to," Hilda offered, see the violently jealous sort. And buttering the last bit of brown bread Boots did long, to see Denis, just to "I took to you right away. You're) and eating with evident relish. talk to him-nothing more. To feel different," the wide-eyed Miss Apfel] "This man's town is hard one for his handclasp, see his long-lashed, confided to Boots, "Sure, I like all a girl alone. Sure, you can earn dark blue eyes crinkle up with sud- the girls, but there's something about | enough keep going day to day. den laughter you, I could see you were used to But what about getting sick? What Once she sat with the telephone i better thinga.

about a winter cont? What about receiver in her hand in Mrs. Mooney's She knew the whole story now, getting older and losing your looks stuffy little hallway, the number How Doots hnd eloped with Russ; and ali? I'd like to work up to be trembling on her lips. But she has Russ's death; she knew all about the a buyer or something like Mies Mad- put the receiver down again. Sho tiny, cramped fint in Astoria, with den or Mrs. O'Harrigan, but you can had realized it would never do. When Glorin cutting out sleazy blue and see for yourself they're both middle he could pay Denis back, and not red silka under the glare of the over-aged. They've fought their way before then, she would telephone to head fixtures. Boots had told her inch by inch and over dead bodies, hlm. all her parents' anger, every too, if the truth were known," finished She was saving madly toward that thing

Bildn with her hearty laugh. "No end at the moment. "You'll get over it. Things will somehow I've got

feeling you

In the meantime she lived soberly, come out all right." Hilda told Boots couldn't stand the gaff of the store. frugally, saving the pennies, washing seriously nereta 1 cafeteria Lable. You ought to set out to marry again i her stockings and underthings in The viurgar truet, the catsup bottle, and marry right this time. That's the gray basin in the bathroom of the heavy glass pepper ласт salt your line. You're pretty and soft Mrs. Mooney's flat, wandering rather cellars were between them on the and you've got nice mangers. You aimlessly to movies and museums on glenning white table. There were belong in nonie cozy little home with Sundays, It WOH lonely, It WIN

white-handled knives And

a maid to bring you breakfast in bed bleak. She was learning one hard forks. There were twisted paper and maybe a couple of babies after) lesson after Another. Something napkins and heavy glasses of water a while."

lined and crystalline came to take and their platen, heaped with the

the place of her girlish ease and Simple, satisfying food. Baked beans.

softness. She no longer grumbled at Brown bread. Waldorf salad...

hardships, but took the bitter with Yet afterward when she had left the sweet, with a certain philosophy Hilda the conversation returned to older than her years. In the past her in its entirety. Hilin didn't she had been Rlly. She hadn't understand, she told herself, with known how to make the best of things other girls, Hilda believed Edward again she would know better. good-natured contenupt. Like many at how. If she had it all to do over

Van Sciver was sent directly from! Somethines deep in the night ker heaven: Not that Edward had over pillow would lie wet with tears. But marriage. But there was something face in the world. She was brushed Intely in his attitude that indicated and tidy. The darna la her stock. his thoughts might be directed into ins wero exquinituly neat. So those channels.

wore her little, cheap hut with an No, she was finished with mar- air, She had moenis of feeling it riage, finished with men, except as playmates.

was splendid to be a girl on her own, She was going to fight earning her living with the best of her way to the top in the business them. world. Make people respect her for And then quite suddenly summier her attainments. Let Kay Chilling- shut down upon the world. A hoi, ford with her soft, superior, throaty breathless, brooding summer, voice angle for the attention of every was another story. man present....

(To Be Continued.)

Scenes were filmed in Billingsgate Market while a studio reconstruction of the same venue was made. Dirt | enarge, track seenes were aimed at the Len Tidge Speedway, and a number of "rack".

"I'm working my way through this particular hard time," Bopts told her, "I don't want anyone's help,

western action laid in the T's my Hos proved to be such a perfect screen awnings would go up would be fresh said anything definite to Boots about in the morning she showed a smiling

In "Palloku", the Reliance screen

jedy, which Harry M. Goetz and yard Smalt produced for United Artista relowo, the opening seen ar

aid along Broadway in the roaring forties during 1910. One of the te shows gay old Rector's cafe at the height of its glory, Heores of;

couplerpart of

Earl

"Charlie Chaw's Courag«"

fruit Charlie Chan with making

"I know." Bosta' eyes were far her sut of Warner Oland. After way. Strangely enough, it was not traging hundreds of villains on of fun she was thinking at the the arreen, it fell to Oland's lot to moment. play the suave Oriental detective in the summer seemed far way. He and all the events of

"Bühind That Curtain"

Oland Why, already it was May. Soon the at the club out Der Biggers'

in Larchneck. There ficum character that he was enst sand rake into the space beside the for "Churlic Chan Then

Carries On" babies' pool. There would be young,

Cumel",

bure, enger feet on the bleached Carlie Chan's Greatest Care" and boards of the raft. "Charlie Chan's Chance". Oland's tntest is "Charlie Chan's Courage",

"You were just a bla

You didn't ** know what it was all about," sup- now playing at the King's Theatre, plied da gravely, consuming baked with Prue Leyton and Donald Woods beans. "You were just ali for a good

Boots contributed great deal of his lime

"I was just a beach club girl," with flippancy, "I've come a long way since then."

"I'll say!"

PAMA "The Black

esta were putfitted with costumes is the romantic leads. Although time....--

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KOWLOON BAZAAR.

UNION CHURCH FUNCTION COLLECTS $600

The annual bazaar of the

PRIZE-GIVING DAY.

YEAR'S ACTIVITIES OF ST. PETER'S COLLEGE

There was a happy gathering of

That

CHILDREN'S CLINIC.

ANNUAL CHARITY BAZAAR HELD DURING WEEK-END

Under the distinguished patron-

of the period but when the action wae Oland devien relleared, the good old "A. D." found to unravelling numerous mysteries SOYTAI of the

wearing

in his intent picture, he still finds the wrt watches. Andi since wrist time to further the watches on men in that era were con Woods and Miss Leyton. Miss

dered distinctly offeminate and since tan in a new screen personality who the party in progress who suppnased to consist of two-fisted sporting charac-stage. This is her first lead in the was recruited from the Broadway teh

celebrating 11 prize-fighter's victory the tickera just had to from her. Woods is a Hollywood boy fime, and big things are expected Another thing the "A. D." had to watch was the tendency on the part New York in stage work in prepara- who went on the road and finally to of wough to light cigarettes. Some thon for a motion picture career. He women Ad Amoke in 1910 lut not in was borrowed from Warner Brothers Rector's, that is, if the head waiter saw for the juventlo lead in the picture. them first. "Palooka", starring Jim Others in the cast are Paul Harvey, Women's Guild nie Durante, Lupe Velez, and Stuart Murray Kinnell, Reginald Mason, Union Church on.

of the Kowloon pupils, their parents and friends at age of Lady Peel, the two-day Erwin comes to the King's Theatre on Virginia Hammond,

Saturday was the prize-giving day of the St. annual bazaar held by the Sisters Wednesday. Marjorie Rambeau, Re-Harvey Clark. The

of Jenka and very successful, a sum $600 Peter's College, which was held on of the Precious Blood Convent, In bort. Armstrong, Mary

Carlisle luces by John Stone and directed by

was pro- being taken.

Saturday evening at the Chinesefuld of their Children's Hospital Williain Ongney, Thelma Todd and George Hidden.

The bazaar was opened by Mrs.)Y. M. C. A. auditorium in Bridge and Clinic at Shamshuipo, was Gua Arbelm and his Orchestra Ar wrote the screen play from the novel, Attorney General, at 3 p.m.

Seton 1. Miller J. A. Fraser, wife of the Assistant Street. The prizes were distribut-opened by Bishop H. Valtorta at featured in the supporting cast, under "The Chinese Parrot", by Earl Derr conclusion of the ceremony

At the ed by Mr. Ip Lan-chuen, after which the Chinese Catholic Young Men's the direction of Bonjumin Stoloft.

Biggers,

the students performed a delightful Society premises at Caine Road, "Viva Vilie"

basket of African dalates was pre-concert consisting of many musical on Saturday afternoon. sented to Mrs. Fraser by little items and a Chinese play.

In declaring the function open, Can you imagine Wallace Beery Dorothy Allen, daughter of the "Britanni of Billingsgate", a strumming a guitar by the light of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Allen the Headmasteer, Mr. Thomas Te Peel, whose patronage, he said, In presenting his annual report, Bishop Valtorta thanked Lady brilliant fisumont-British picture the mo? Or singing a sentimental Mr. Fraser was also present. featuring that great netress of "Bing; lave song? Believe it or not, it

said, in part:

was an inspiration and encourage- Boys" renown, Violet Loraine with happens in "Viva Villa!"

The attractive stalls comprised: Metro-

"The school was founded in 1927 ment to charity-giving. Gordon Harker, England's fitiest actor Goldwyn-Mayer'a spectacular story of

Novelty (Mrs. Durran); Wool- and to-day is its eighth anniver- He also thanked many of Cockney characterization, in coming Pancho Villa's life and loves. The

(Mrs. Grey); Needlework.

Bur the Queen's Theatre as the next photoplay is the feature attraction at

(Mrs. Chapman and Mrs. Walker); During the first years of its porters, amongst them Drs. J. II. etango. Based on a play written by the Queen's Theatre. Beery plays Books (The Bible, Book and Tract reached a maximum of 220 pupils. Tang and T. Z. Bau, for the In- existence, the number of studenta McEinoy. H. D. Matthews, Y. Y. Christino Jopo-Slado

Sewell Villa, Mexican war lord and Stokes, the story relates the life of valutionary general and Villa, it Watson and Mrs. Graham); Ice reduced mainly by the prevailing have been and are still giving to re-Depot Limited); Sweets, (Mrs. N. The number of pupils has been estimable and excellent work they the Bolton family, who live in the developed during the production of cream (Miss Maisie Tillery): Teatrade depression. In the present the Hospital and Clinie; the long- Ellingsgate quarter. Bolton is a fish the picture, was sonicthich makes Duncan, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Milyear the school has an enrolment of kong Society for the Protection of |

of a gay (Mrs. Atkinson, Mrs. Sweeny, Mrs.

"Britannia of Billingsgals"

and

lies

narkot porter, whilst his wife pre-de with the ladies,

iden over a "fish and chip" shop. film unit moves into the market to song and atrum the guitar in romantic Brown).

Ait incumbent upon Berry to slug the ler, Miss Kempton and Miss Eilla 120 students with a daily atten-Children for a supply of medicine "ahoot" aconce. The "mike" is in- mood. The baritone

danco of 93 per cent.

and milk; the British American falled just entsido Mrs. Bolton's shop, once charmed audiences in the New

voice which The raffle of a night-dress case "In our annual examination we Tobacco Co., the Kwong Sang And that Tady, unconscious of the York theatre, is somewhat rusty Beery was organised by Mrs. Atkinson had thirteen hoys enter the Juntor Hong, Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., fiavoo she is wronking in the sound found when he started to sing for the and Miss L. Calman.

examination, of whom eight passed. and the Blue Bird Co. for goods sequence, proceeds to slug. Dismay first time for the screen, but it still

nongst the film executivee changes works. The guitar was easy. Beery the bazaar was also successful rein¡ examination

A whist drive in connection with Fourteen students entered the Com-for the Bazaar. glee with the discovery that Mrs, is an accomplished musician. "Viva five 24 tables being occupied. Holton has just the voloo they need Vilin" is one of the most spectacular for a forthcoming production. So sho pictures the acreon has seen in many Ladies:

Tho prize winners were:- in"starred", the family, on the a day. Filmed largely in Bexico, (ascond) Mrs. Yailand, (booby) (first) Mrs. Tinson, atrength for her presumed success, with thousands of peons taking part Mrs. Atkinson. The Travelling sparing to affluenco, While Bolton in many scenes, it assumed epic pro- prize was won by Bliss. Martin. thoroughly enjoys the new life opened portions.

to the by bla wito's essay into the

Jir world, Mixa. Bolton kyota Co

free and easy ways of the market and

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"The Little Glant"

Mr. Noble won the men's frat prize from Mr. Andrews, and Mr. The thrilling sport of polo is given Millington secured the "booby." tonga to return. The climax shows a new slant In the First National The raffle of the night-dress case

passes,"

with

LESSON SERMON.

ten

A variety of goods, all cheaply | priced, was attractively laid out in a number of stalls. Besides the inevitable sweets and cigarettes, fancy knitted woar was also being sold. Bunting and decorations combined with games for the children added to the gaiety of the fete.

The Bazaar closed yesterday,

and canst not look on iniquity:" (Habakkuk 1:12, 13). The The Lesson-Sormon also in-

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONGKONG how a compromiso is effected among pleture "The Little Giant" starring was won by Miss Dorothy Smith.

"Aro Sin, Disease, and Donth he family which ensures their future Edward G. Robinson, which is coming

Real?" was the subject of the happiness. In Violet Loraine, British to the Alhambra to-morrow. While to work in pairs on a single horse, Lesson-Sormon in all Churches of films have found a wonderful player, the scenes in which Robinson himself one to manage the steed and

ho in her first film scores a tremend appears as a poloist are excitingly other to swing the mallet.

the Christ, Scientist, yesterday, Eventual. qna inteçons. Misa Loraine is gor real, it in when his mob of a dozen ly the mallets give way to their Lord is our judge, the Lord is our eluded the following passages

The Golden Text was: goods in her role, rendering her tune or so gangster henchmen suddenly de- trusty gals when they discover they tawgiver, the Lord is our king; he from the Christian Selence text. Gil number with an artistry that is lucide to try out the sport that new and can by this thethod register'

creat and inimitable. Gordon Har novel ways of hitting the ball are dis- much higher percentage of

will have us" (Isaiah 33:22). hits.

book, "Science and Health with Ecor, who has claims to be considered played to the audience. Totally un- This is one of the amusing Incidents Britain's greatest film

Among the citations which com-Key to the. Scripturoa" by Mary Cockney killed in the ability to mechanics of in the attempt of Robinson, as an ex-prised the Lenson-Sermon gahumorist, la perfectly at home in the hitting a tall with a stick atop of a

was Baker Eddy: "Christian Science ole of Bolton, the fish portor. He galloping polo pony, and still more after his retirement from the

Beer Baron, to horn in out high society the following from the Bible: roveals God, not na the author of Bas the ability to get right under the unfamiliar with the long stick while racket following the legalizing of Lord my God, mine Holy One7 divine Principle, Supreme Being, beer Art, thou not from overlasting, sin, sickness, and death, but as ukia of his characters, and bla laleat alternately perched on thu horse's good beer. The story is by Robert portrayal is a characterization which neck and rump, the gangster spuri- Lord with Mary Astor in the leading wo shall not die....Thou art of Mind, exempt from ali will win appreciation everywhere. men eventually find it more efficacious feminine role." "Roy Del Ruth directed, purer eyes than to behold evil,' (p. 127),

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