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WEDNESDAY,

MARCH 20, 1935.

SERIAL STORY-

SILKEN SPINDLES

by Laura Lou Brockman

BEGIN HERS, TO-DAY GALE HENDERSON, pretty and El, works She and her 19-year-old brother, PHIL, support their favaild father.

STEVE MEYERS who so works is the mill wake Cake to marry him. Be proud to give him an answer in a few dart.

Dale woes skaling, breaks through the len and ja rescued by DUAN WESTMORE whose father, now dead, built the mill. Brian Bas

her 'hame.

schemes to captivate Brian,

"You're sure I'm not interrupting", Brian asked.

not. So o stened and, once or twice, when he spoke about some- thing, the others were attentive and Greg Harmon said, "No-got to respectful but before long the dis- be on my way. Got some things to cussion was going on just as it had see about. All right, Vicky, I'll call and somehow Brian's suggestions were you.". overlooked.

President LinerS

The Palatial Liner

Ho wae gone. Vicky sank back S.S. "PRESIDENT HOOVER”

He'd tried getting acquainted with on the davonport, leaning hur head some home after, two years in Paris to water some of the younger men, the as- against her open palm. The loose the min. Gale diappears before he learns sistants, but that hadn't turned out alcove fell back, revealing slim VICKY TILATOHEJ datebter of ROBERT very well either, Gale Henderson white armi. "Thank goodness that's THATCHER:neral manager of the mail, Was the only cuo about the mill who over," she said dryly, "Give me a had really treated him like a human cigarette, Brian. I feel the need of LEOTA BOLLER, moler emplors, tell being. Ho wanted to tell her about one." Gale.. the mill workers are planning that pension plan he'd worked out and tisle to come to a meeting and Gale agrew, Kea if she thought the employes would Later shears that Leota la expany like It. He felt he knew Galo Hender-

ieve bringe Cale some roses, apologise

Bon well, that they were old friends, and asks her to forget that they quarrelled. though he'd only talked to her once. Perhaps that was because they'd been at school together,

organise and demand this rigbia. She asks

She agrees.

CHAPTER XX

You, Vicky? What on earth have you been doing?"

will sail for

The girl's oyce regarded him SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, HONOLULU, ponsively. "It's Greg.' she said. "I don't know what I'm going to do about him."

"Well-"

ting to be a problem, Brinu. Honest

She shook her head. "Greg's get- y, I don't know what to do. Just because I've gone around with him a little-playing golf and riding horno- back and now and then going parties--he seems to think I haven't nny right to go with anyone else.

He passed the place where they'd had their campfire the night before. Brian Westmore skated slowly. The shore was dark and lonely now. hande in pockets, the tip of his And there was no slender figuro cigarette glowing in the darkness. wearing A short skirt and leather As far as the bend in the river where jacket skating toward him. Thore the big cottonwood hung out over the was no one at all in sight, lee he went, then turned back. Ha

Brian told himself again, "She isn't had made the trip three times within

coming." the last half hour.

This time when he reached the Brian skated close to the river boat house he took off his skates anything he gets the bank, in the shadows. Now and and walked down the road to the

ta

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MARCH 23rd.

It's ridiculous! And whenever I say ARRIVES SHANGHAI-MONDAY MORNING,

ho was

then he looked back, but there was place where he had left his coupe.abght-sullen and simply unbear- |

home.

Brian shook his head, smiling.

charmer, my dear!"

no one in sight. He had the river He got inekle and turned the car to himself until he drew near thenbout und started for beat house. There were other skaters way there be changed his mind and "The perils of being an irresistiblo there a number of boys playing made n turn left. His mother was hockey, half a dozen young girls, having some friends in, he remem- she said, but it isn't very funny to Vicky pouted. "You can laugh," several couples and a dark youth bered, and he didn't want to cutting figures on the iso.

them. He could drive to the

Ret

me.' Suddenly she stopped and the One of the hockey players went and see if anything was happening said, I've just thought of some- club dark eyes grew rounder. "Oh," she down and there wero shrill cries there or he could look up Ted Bain-thing-" and laughter, Brian circled the edge bridge

of the crowd, keeping his eyes, on Brian decided to do one of these the place where the road came down things. A better prospect presented She made a past the boat house to Bort of itself. Ile'd drop in at Thatchers' wharf. That was where most of the If Vicky were home, he'd be assured skaters aat to put on their skates. of agreeable company. Vicky was He watched the place and suddenly a good nort-Just the one to get him a girl in a short, dark jacket and out of this moodiness. scarlet cap appeared.

She isn't coming," he told him- self.

No, Gale Henderson wasn't com ing. He'd been telling himself that for 15 minutes and yet he waited. Brian tossed his cigarette aside," turned and made his way up tho river again,

The wind was cold and for a while he skated briskly to warm He reached the turn in the river and himself

in.

·

"Animal, mineral or vegetable?"

deprecating little serious. Renly I am." movement with Оле hand. "I'm on, her velce

She went ment. "But I don't

touched with excite. wouldn't work! Brian,

see why it will you do something for me?"

"Maybe Pa better hear about it first."

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Brian moved forward-and then swung back. There

A maid in uniform, answered his Was another figure behind the girl, the figure of ring and said yes, that Vicky was

tenced to death. Lockhart depicted CONSIGNEES' "It's nothing that would be no na. A minute later the two started across the lee and Brian saw living room? I'll go In-"

Brian said, "Where is she-In the it would be. Just to take me to a

terribly hard at least I don't think his own actual experiences in hin startling novel. No-one is better that the girl was not so tall as he

fow partica and be seen with me qualified to portray the diplomat than had thought, nor so slender.

He turned into the large room at places. Oh, it's the very thing Leslio Howard, renowned English picturesque in emerald velvet, with that ?" the left. Vicky was there, alim and Would you, Brian?

Would you do

star of the stage and screen, who also of the davenport. Her dark hair was getting at." one arm stretched against the back "See here, I don't know what you're served in the World War during this The Danish Motor Vessel, sleek and shining, her lipsa sulky

period. Kay Francis is co-starred having arrived from Copenhagen,

"SIAM" blaze of crimson.

"It's about Greg," she explained. with Ioward while others in the cast Oslo, "Gothenburg, Antwerp, Retter- "Don't you see that A young man sat facing her. He taking me places and aort of seem Irving Pichel, Walter Byron and Ivanof

if you begin | Include William Gargan, Phillip Reed, dam arul Hamburg consignees was tall young man with tawny- fond of me--it will be the best way Simpson.

cargo are heraby informed pleasant enough but it was clear that can't order me around and bully mo reddish hair and his features were in the world to teach Greg that ho

The picture, of tense, that all goods are being landed, and passionate love drama, set against the placed at their risk into the hazardous the young man was not pleased about the way he's been trying to? It's thrilling background of the Russian The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and/or extra hazardous Godowns of once more doubled back, This timo

something.

exactly what he needs. You wouldn't Revolution, was made into a mammoth and Godown Co., Ltd., where delivery. would be the last. If he didn't see then stopped, seeing Brian.

He said, "But look. Vicky and have to keep it up long-only until production. her this time-

Greg comes to his, senses."

can be obtained as soon as the goods Vicky was on her feet at once. All day long Brian had been look-"Brian!" she exclaimed, hurrying for me to step in and play the heavy

"Free Lovo" "Oh," he said, "I noc, You want

are landed. ing forward to seeing Gale Hender-ward.

No dialms will be admitted after If you had a wife who spent your the goods have left the godowns and "How sweet of you! få begun lover until Greg gets the idea he's money ax fast as you could make it all goods remaining undelivered after son, saving things to tell her. He to think you'd buried yourself in that not wanted." couldn't forget the girl. It wasn't mill. Come and tell us how the wheels

who paid no attention to the manner 26th March, 1935, 4 that she was so pretty, though of of industry are turning."

Vicky nodded. There was a gleam in which your home was

p.m., will course she was

run; who be subject to rent of almost feline satisfaction in the thought only of parties; if she sud that, too. But ho wanted to talk to her. He felt he he was not smiling. "Hello, Brian," "We'd only be pretending."

Greg Harmon had risen, too, but dark eyes. "of course," she said, denly went in for psychoanalysis in goods are to be loft in the Godown, All broken, chafed and damaged could talk to her. Brian, during the he said rather curtly. "How're you?

a big way and became obsessed with where they will be examined by past

"Of course, Well, if all you want the idea that you were an infantile Messrs. Anderson and Ashe few weeks, had discovered that Hope you don't mind if I run along?" me there were plenty of people to dictate

to do in to be your attentive extrovert and that she was an in- 23rd March,-1935,-at-10-am- letters to, there were plenty to attend, but aeo-here--Brian-be-escort I don't-Imow how I can re-tuitive introvert, far superior to you conferences and to present reports

gan.

func."

mentally; if she deserted you, taking be presented to the Undersigned with- All claims against the vessel must and tables of figures, there ware sured him. "He doesn't find

"Greg was just leaving." Vicky áut both hands on his arm and drew are in love with her enough to gofthey will not be recognised.

"You'll do it? You will 7"+ She your children with her and if you in ten days of the ship's arrival, or plenty to attend his mother's diener sumciently parties but there was almost no one Really I think heaven must

entertaining to-night. him nearer. "Oh, Brian," she said, to her and beg her to return to your to talk to.

No Fire Insurance will be effected. have you are sweet!""" sent you, Brian, to keep me

home; and then, she agreed to return from She looked very

Bills of Lading will be counter. sponding a pokey evening alone."

pretty as ale provided that, she might have her own signed by The men at the mill, heads "of She turned toward the other man, and

raised her face to his eyes glowing quarters, come and go as she pleased; departments and their assistants, were "Good night, Greg", she went on. Another girl had disappointed him best friend what would you do? the red lips alightly parted. and if she had an affair with your all older than he was. When Brian "Give me a ring, won't you, to that evening. Brian Westmore Bald Ferrier, played by Conrad Nagel, is wanted to make a suggestion he morrow about 43 Don't call me slowly, "Of course, I'll help you, Vicky placed in "Tree Love," which comes This is the situation in which Stove was aware of this, aware, too, that earlier because I'm going shopping Of course I will," they

were experienced and he was with Claire,"

to the Star Theatre to-day. What Steve does to his wife, Genevieve Tobin, is a surprise, to her at least, and it will be a surprise to you, one

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(To Be Continued.)

The

"Here in My Heart"

Kitty

it has been amazingly slow to tako and Russell Hardic, Russell Mack which you will not want to miss, advantage. Now, however, "The Affair of Cellini", 20th Century's

comes directed. film starring Constanco Bennett and

"Gambling" Fredric March, which depicts the love Cohan, to-day on the screen of the ture "Here Is My Heart" coming to "America's first actor", George M.

Bing Crosby's now Paramount pic- escapades of the great goldsmith and King's Theatre in the Fox Film pro the Central Theatre are Florence when Michaol Angelo and "Gambling, greater lover who brought fame to duction of his successful stage play presents America's favourite raili Thursday, Not since "Dinner At Eight" has Leonardo da Vinel were doing their Family" of the theatre. As a child display his comedy talent na weil aa a motion plcture created

comes of a real "Royal engster with another opportunity to advance discussion as Metro-Goldwyn Cellini, while Constance Bennett is with his sister, Josephine. The quar-

Couch Italian art. Fredric biarch portrays mother, Jerry and Helen Cohan, and play by Alfred Savoir. "Here Is My part to make that city the centre of ho appeared with his father and his winging ability. Adapted from a Mayer's newest offering, "Forsaking cast as the Duchess of Florence and tette was known first as "The Cohen comedy written ahout a millionaire All Others" which is due at the Frank Morgan has the role of her Mirth-makers" and Ister

Heart" is a bright and frivolous Ittls Queen's Theatre on Saturday with a henpecked consort, the Duke Alessan-Four Cohans" Cohan has written by princess with whom he fitt crooner's heroic courtship of a baugh- cast headed by three of fmdom's Mayer's New York stage success, musical, and collaborated on a dozen Carlisle is cast an the princess, oppo-| most popular stars, Joan Crawford, "The Fire-brand", from which Bess more; more than a hundred vaudo

dro, which ho played in Edwin Justus more than eighty plays, half of them love at sight in an elevator. Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery Meredyth adapted this Joseph M. villo playlets, and well over 209 popn- Ronnid Young, and supporting cost.

who make their first appearance to Schenck-Darryl F. Zanuck production. Iar songs. His "Over Thero" was

aite Crosby, and Alison Skipworth, gether in the elaborato new al. The many spectacular settings of the the most popular war song ever writ Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin, writers Adapted from the stage hit of the film, which United Artists will bring ten in Americs, if not in the world. composed several new tunes for same name the story depicts the plight to the King's Theatre shortly, intro- He still writes songs. His latest, "My Crosby in this picture, Including

are prominent in the of a bride who is deserted at theduce the luxury and artistic splendour Little Girl", has been introduced with Every Breath I Take" and altar but succeeds in laughing it off. of 16th Century Italy, with its pomp, to the picture version of "Gambling

of the hit song, "Love in Bloom" have The picture was directed by that ar ter of comic situations,

that mas and ceremony. Its costly and elabor and Cohan himself will alog It. A Dyke, whose last success was "The mode of drone. Fay Wray, Louis large and carefully selected cast sup- Thin Man" and "Evelyn Prentice" Catherines Barnett, John Ruther ports the air in the Harold B. Fran-

"Juno In January". Frank Tuttlo and the supporting cast includes suce Harvey, and Irene Ware are also im- by two featured leading women, do not differ materially from the home ford, Jay Eaton, Jessie Ralph, Paul klin picturisation of his play, hended

directed.

"Cleopatra" woll known players as Billie Burke, portantly cast in "The Affairs of Dorothy Burgess and Wynne Gibson, life Charles Butterworth, Frances Drake

Domestic life and diversions in 1934 and Rosalind Russell. Joan Crawford Cellini".

which Was plays pure comedy for the first time Gregory La Cava.

directed by Other players are Harold Healy, Egyptians, it was discovered in the of the ancient Romans and in the new all-star production, and

Percy Ames, Ted Newton, Robert research although there are plenty of drama-

"The Band Plays On”

Strange and Cora Witherspoon. Row.Cleopatra" which is showing for the for Cecil B. DeMille's tic situations, the star is given a

Robert Young is one of the few directed.

land V. Lee wrote the script and lust times greater opportunity for sparkling feature players whom Hollywood has comedy lines and situations than ever falled to "typ0". In reality, his roles

at the Central and Alhambra Theatres to-day. In pre- before in this great bit of the year. ggest that he is a junior composite Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery of all the biggest male stars in pic-the sensational best-selling biographi DeMille Inserted a number of what

paring the script for R. H. Bruce Lockhart, author of Warren William and Henry Wilcoxon the picture as the two dashing males in pursuit tures. He makes his latest appear-cal novel, "British Agent" the film ws of to-day had vainly considered which featured Claudette Colbert, of this beautiful. M-G-M star, via to ace in the now Metro-Goldwyn version of which will be seen at the "modern" touches, thus proving that outdo one another with the many Mayer picture, The Band Plays On" Alhambra Theatre from to-morrow! If those ancients could return to life hilarious situations of the story. This having its initial showings to-day was the youngest diplomat of any hoy would find many things in our brilliant trio, makes "Forsaking All at the Queen's Theatre. With four World Power during the world war fo little different from their own Others" one of the mask hite of the Bad a half years of stage. training At the age of 27 he became British t

bohind him, despite his youth, and Consul-General at Moscow and in "The Affair in Cellin!”, with; three more years of screen.ex-1918, he was selected to head, the Those venturous, times in 10th feature parts similar to the roles foreigner. know and understood the perience added to that, he has played British Mission to Soviet Russia. No Century Italy, when the De Mediel played by those who stand at the turbulent events of those Bolshevist were asking murder a polite pastime top of stardom. In The Band Plays days better than he. It was a know- and intrigues were so diabolically On Young, appears as one of the ledge that cost him his caroor and Hand and Electria Massage Holder, numerous that a lover never touched four boys who rise from the slums almost cost him his life. After years Diploma and Certificate of Tokyo Denki his beloved's Hips without lurking to become the greatest backfield team of strenuous experience, including Eycho Kenkyurhe (Tokyo Bistrical, Ogre fear that they might po Impromated in football history. Othere in the term in prison, Lockhart returned to Institute) and the Hongkong Covernment with poison, offer the screen a rich craț›ikaotale Betty Furness, Stuart England, but he was tried after.ble Licens and colourful background, of which Exgiay, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster i departure by the Bolshevike and son- 311, Wyndham Street,

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