1935-10-17 — Page 3

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1935.

GIANT BRITISH OCEAN LINER NEARING COMPLETION.

Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone, whose morriuge before a New Jeracy sheriff early this werk took Holly wood by surprise. They have co-starred in "No More Ladies," "Dancing Lady" and "Sadie McKee". lived hap. pily ever after in rack.

The giant Cunard steamship “Queen Mary" rapidly nears completion for her maiden transatlantic voyage next year. Note that already two of the ship's three funnels are in position, while elaborate interiors are nearly ready. The Queen Mary is the world's second largest steamship.

SCIENTIST IN SUBMARINE TORPEDOES WORLD

FOUND THAT CONTINENTS ARE DIFFERENT SHAPES ·

Tilbury (Essex), Oct. 1. PROFESSOR VENING MEINESZ, of Utrecht University, has just completed a 23,000-mile voyage in a subma- rine specially lent to him by the Dutch Admiralty.

When he arrived at Tilbury in the Dutch cargo steamer Tajandoen. Professor Meinesz told about his scientific experiments which were carried out more than a hundred feet' below the surface of the ocean.

"For years I have wanted to measure the gravity of earth in different parts of the world more accurately than it has ever been measured before, I assembled the necessary apparatus, but that was not encugh.

Jackie Coogan's Romance Becomes A Mystery

TOBY WING REPORTS ENGAGEMENT BUT HE DENIES IT

THERE

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a mystery about the romance of Jackie Coogan and Toby Wing, the 19-years-old film star. While Miss Wing announced that they are engaged, Jackie Coogan himself denics it and says that the ring he gave her was "just a token of friendship."

WITH the infectious excite

ment of a girl in love, Miss Toby Wing, the 19-year-old blonde girl actress, recently authorised reports of the child- hood. romance' which, after eleven years, has led to her en- gagement to Mr. Jackie Coogan, the famous child star of silent film days,

Jackie Coogan is a child star no longer. He was 21 last month...

Though already on the threshold of famo herself, though readily admitting the film colony's forbidding.record of romances gone away, Miss Wing was confident.

Jackio and I have known one another for years and years," she said.

"We Brst met when he was a great big star and 1 was

small-part actress. He

and I was eight!

just

01

wns

10

Studio Playmates "Ife was the star of a film called. Boy of Flanders, in which I was making my debut in the tiniest little part ever. We got pally off the sets, used to play games to

TODY AND BOY FRIEND

¿ 1170 Voing to marry Jackie Coogan. Toby Wing,

I am not engaged to Toby Wing. -Jackle Coogan.

never going to be anyone else for $19,"

gether in the studio between shots COOGAN'S “SHE MUST

--and scrap, too.

"Well, after that we met on and off, but never again in a picture. Then suddenly we were grown up, I was a young woman. and he was the nicest young man I'd ever met -and we realised we were in love.

"Actually, you know, we've been engaged for more than a month, though we kept it

secret."

"For years I have wanted to} measure the gravity of the earth in different parts of the world more accurately than it has ever been measured before. I 113- sembled the necessary Ap- paratus, but that WAS not enough.

"Then my Government offer- ed me the use of a new sub- marine which was sailing for our colonial possessions. We did more. We went to South America, Capetown and Aus- tralia.

"Whenever I wanted to make measurements with my maritime gravity apparatus I.asked the sub. marine commander to submerge his.slip

Triangulations

"My delicate apparatus then en- jabled me to measure the curvature of the earth most accurately. 1 was able to make new triangula- tlona.

HIKING BISHOP

"I have found that continents

Bishop of Winchester, Dr. Cyril B. and other land masses are not Garbett, recently started tour of shaped exactly as topographers diocese 174 North Hampshire. He have believed them to be plans to walk about twenty miles ench

day. shaped. The difference

slight, but it is there.

is

"The earth as a whole is not in Gunproof

equilibrium, but that need not wor-

ry the man in the street.

shall embody my researches Armour Plate

in a scientific paper, which will be read to learned societies."

NO ACCIDENT IN 40 YEARS

P. AND O. COMMODORE RETIRES

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Twice shipwrecked on jourary at the age of 18, Captain Reginald H. Stringer, commodore of the P. and O. ficct, retired lust month under the age limit after 40 years' service with the com-, pan

During his service with the P. and O. Captain Stringer has travelled more than two and a half million miles, and ichilo in charge of a liner has never had an accident.

His last command was the Rawalpindi (10,007 tons). He

as nieceeded as commodore by Captain E. J. Thornton, -captain of the Viceroy of India (10,027 tons).

WOMAN CALLS GIRLS SNOBS

SOCIAL STANDING

FIXED BY WORK

The effects of snobbishness among girls according to their occupations and its results on their club life, and a suggestion that the girls' club movement might offer greater opportunities than at present to unemployed girls and young women matters referred to in a London report on "Youth and Leisure.” by Miss Madeline Rooff.

are

The report was made on behalf of the National Council of Girls' Clubs, under the auspicos of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust,

"The development of industry," states Miss Rooff, "by shortening the hours of work is bringing greater leisure to an increasingly large number of workers, and inventions are bringing greater facilities for recreation within the range of all.

"Experience shows," she stales, that much delinquency is the result of an overflow of high

And no

outlet

spirits which can "Of Wood

The professor says his work is: too technical for the lay Press. Belleve him, it is.

'Sacrifice To Goddess' Charge

A

this week accused of sacrific-

BE KIDDING".

WOMAN is on trial in India Hollywood is puzzled about ing two girls to the Goddess of the romance of the 19-years-old Wealth." blonde film actress and Jaelde Coogan, the one time child star,

The woman, named Bai, was urrested by order of the Nizam This is what has happened: Said Toby Wing: I an: wearing of Hyderabad, premier prince of Jackie Coogan's engagement ring and the country:: we will be married in a year or so.

in normal channels, Records point to an increase in delinquency on Sundays, when, there is nothing to do. Chief Constables look upon clubs as good police work." It wua significant to notice, the report states, the Importance of the part in-played by status--the social stand-

measured by the type of em ployment.

RUSSIAN CLAIM.

Warsaw, Oct. 1. CLAIM to have vented a method of chemically treating wood so that it becomes five times as hard as steel armour plate was made by the Moscow wireless to-day.

Social Crading ・・・

Office girls do not mix with fac-

tory girls; workers on one pro- cosa consider themselves superior to those on another; girls who do

the rougher kind of work, particu larly if it le dirty, are regarded as Inferior in social standing, even Colonel Kolka Serow, doctor though their wages may be higher. of science, and member of the

"A girl doing typing,” adds tho Soviet general staff, has made report, "is thought socially this new material. It is claim-perior to the factory worker, who ed, that it will make the Red herself feels superior to the do- Air Force machines immung mestic worker. from anti-aircraft gunfire.

Fireproof Too

Said Jackle Coogan: Toby must be Bai has informed the police that kidding. I am not engaged to her or while she was superintending the

I anyone else, Gosh!

be en- "Jackie popped the question

Can't gaged to Toby. I'm not 21 yet (the building of her now house at Tim The wood grows in the Ural which got my 'yes' and mo the iorri age for marrying la California), mapur. In the Nizam's Dominion, Mountains. After treatment, a ring, just before I left Hollywood

"yolces" told her that Sold Mrs, Coogan: Mercy! What's

untold

wooden plate half an inch thick le to make a film in Canada, Inst this all about? Jackie was nover wealth would be hers if she made said to show the same resistance month. I suppose we both felt engaged to anyone. Ho and Toby arcin suitable sacrifice to the Goddess na a 24-inch steel plate, while being engaged would be some con-

the best of friends. She comes over of Wealth:

still retaining all the lightness of solation for being apart.

accasionally and they go out once in though. But

wood.

Such plates, according to the announcer, have already shown themselves capable of standing up indefinitely to machine-gun fire at a distaste of 200 yarda.. The chomien treatment is stated to be difficult and expon

"Mind you," she went on, very determined, "wo're not going to be married for a year. I've got my career to think of."

Jackio came into possession of about £200,000, the proceeds of

his career as a child actor, on his 21st birthday.

marriago is out of

She is alleged to have asked

a while, not very often, tion. Why, two beautiful young girls to her Jackie is still going to school!

I

house. As she was a woman of

Said. Jackie Coogan: The ring position the girls went and wore ave Toby is an aid ring of mine, and I gave it her when she went to Toron. given wine in the presence of the

ther

to recently to appear in a film. The idol.

ring is just a token of friendship.

The wine, It Is alleged, was

I can't understand Toby for saying drugged, and the next day the

we are engaged. Guess I'll have to

kid her about it when I see her to- girls bodies were found in the

street.

"I am Jackie's first and only girl, and ho is my boy. There's morrow night,

Bú-

"These differences are 'some times associated with differences In needs and choice of pastime."

Cinemas and dance halls gally decorated with comfortable' and

Inoxpensive seats probably owed their popularity largely to the fact that they offered an attractive. meeting place, often the only possi blo rendezvous for young people. ... For ranny, the "pictures" were merely "somewhere to go.”.

If girls aro to play a worthy part in the life of the community it in They are also non-inflammable. the opportunity of meeting their important that they should havo

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