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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1936,

Why Do Stars' Marriages Fail?

DIVORCE COURTS DO If Japan. Went

THRIVING TRADE

Hollywood Industry That Knows

· No Slump

Divorce mills of the gods of Hollywood didn't grind slowly in 1935. In fact, they ground so fast that filmdon is still trying to pull itself together and fill an-

Emperor

other couple who can be dubbed Starts

"The Happiest Married Pair."

Husbands and wives, like money, RTG CANY come and easy go with Hollywood. Look at the "imposing" list of 1035's broken romances:

JEAN HARLOW divorced her third husband on March 11. He was

cruel to hor.

Fashion

"MPEROR HAILE INFLUENCE

WILL SOON

FASHIONS.

ON

To War

Just

Received.

"The principal contribution the A Fresh Shipment of VIOLINS, VIOLAS AND United States and Great Britain CELLOS.

can make to the solution of the

Far Eastern question lies largely Also VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, DOUBLE-BASS,

along economic lines."

Sir Frederick Whyte, former GUITAR BANJO, TENOR BANJO, MANDOLINE Political Adviser to the No- AND UKELELE STRINGS AND ACCESSORIES.

tional Government of China, put forward this contention when he spoke on "the situation in the Far East" at the Royal United Service Institution in London last month.

He declared that the root cause of the present trouble in the Far East was the character of China during the Revolution. Tho

SELASSIE Chinese had falled to put their SHOW HIS house in prder, and the Japanese WOMEN'S had taken advantage of the situn-

tion.

Hats and frocks are going all

MARY PICKFORD uprooted Holly- wood's greatest matrimonial sheet- anchor when she divorced DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS When the decree Le-Ethiopian. comes absolute in March this year, Douglas le expected to marry LADY CYNTHIA ASHLEY. in whose di- vorce he was cited as co-respondent, while Mary's name has been linked, with Charles ("Buddy") Rogers,

an

Bonnets decorated with array of slender feathers, as worn by the Emperor's troops, will be all the rage.

Japan's hope of Manchuria ne an outlet for her population and be satisfled products did not appear likely to

Was war inevitable? It might be inevitable between Russia and, Cloaks after the Abyssinian de-Japan. It

WAR conceivable

JOHNNY "Tarzan" WEISMUL- LEB and his Mate (LUPEZ VELEZ) sign will be popular for evening though he did not believost was fell out, became reconelied, divorced, wear, and for the afternoon at probable--that there might be all in the course of a few months. home, trousers tailored in the best; Lupo alleged that her Tarzan threw Addis Ababa manner. the furniture at her.

MARY ASTOR sued her second

乘

war between the United States and The new dresses for the home Britain would almost inevitably Japan, in which event be involved.

husband, Dr. Franklin Thorpe on in-will also be worn with sandals of Compatability grounds, and secured Abyssinian design. une of Reno's 2,800 divorces.

DOLORES COSTELLO alleged cruelty and habitual intemperance ngainst hubby JOHN BARRYMORE, receiving custody

of their

two children. Barrymore's nant Was linked with that of Elaine Jacobs, with whom he went on a yachting cruise. Now John doesn't speak to Elanie any more..

Beautiful ELISSA LANDI was the next to fall by the divorce wayside, accuring a divorce from London barrister-hubby John Cecil Lawrence, who refuses to recognise the Los Angeles decree as binding on a British Aubject.

"Extreme cruelty" secured Colleen Muore a Los Angeles divorce from Albert Scott, a New York Broker.

VIRGINIA BRUCE wound up a other "perfect romance" when she divorced hubby JOHN GILBERT.

Frozen faced BUSTER 'KEATON didn't smile even when he gained his freedom from Mrs. Buster. Why? 'Causo Buster was the defendant, and there was also a $200,000 alienation of affections charge against his friend Mrs. L. C. Sewell

LILA LEE, a Alm star known to fans of a decade ago more than to the younger generation, went to

Jack R. Peine, another New York,

i

BARBARA HUTTON'S

HAPPY

EVENT

IN A DIM ROOM OVER-

FLOWING WITH ORCHIDS

A

Communications

Britain's major concern, how- Lever, would be the preservation of uninterrupted communication

with her great Imperial estate, and the Far East was just off the main Ilne.

If Japan gained control of the Philippine Islands, It would bring interference by them with our own

Jines of muntention much nearer.

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ACROSS

1 A midge has enten and digested its lend two to three score in fact (two words, 6 and 3).

6 Household implement that

out of the common.

18

PALE Britain's contribution to the BEAUTIFUL Far Eastern problem might, be WOMAN AWAITS THE PROU- made when the Japanese reached DEST MOMENT OF HER LIFE. a more amenable frame of mind.

Countess

When the fruits of their Far Haugwitz von Re- ventlow, formerly

Eastern campaign came Barbara

home,

9 A mortal stricken in years was Button, the American heiress, they might be persuaded to give 10 Animal: there's one in a lamp.

in control is expecting a happy event.

their politicians and diplomata shiro village. Another chance. It might then 11

apparently stale, XVI.

"I am perfectly happy, and very proud," she said. "I able to write poetry and live life of happy poems."

12

be seen that the real solution of 13 Might be a boss li opera all, but in tht markets am the problem did not lie in Asia at 14 Public school born in a Surrey

world.

The happy event is expected" to- Carson City for her divorce from wards the end of this month, and broker. You'll notice that New York the countess has cancelled all of brokers have been pretty prominent her social engagements. so far. Lila's case was heard behind closed doors.

Poetry Hobby

writer, Tagore..

of the village.

influence of the United States and Then, and then only, could the Britain be brought to bear.

narrow

"Through that very opening," Sir Frederick comment-

pro-

17 "All the air a solemu-holds"

(Gray's Elegy)

10 Belgian town.

31 Get off the mark quickly (not

hing to do with cricket) (three words, 3, 3 and 3).

24 Suggests that a fair number have fallen off the ladder. 26 Singers (anag.),

JOAN BLONDELL successfully Now she spends most of hered, see something of the day-27 At the beginning. alleged that thrice-previously married time indoors reading the poems of light of peace for the Far East in 28 In "Romeo and Juliet." husband GEORGE BARNES had not Byron and her favourite Eastern the future. apoken to her for hours at a time,

The majority of our 29 Any be a great help, if your drove a motor car while intoxicated

fellow countrymen are

telephone is out of order. and ignored her guests at their home

Chinese, but in the services the

DOWN when she asked the Divorce court in

majority are, perhaps, the other Los Angeles to end yet another of

way, I think we have reached a Hollywood's "perfect romances."

point when we ought to be pro- ourselves, because Wo reached a critical stage in

have

our relations to the Far East."

In the quiet room in which she rests is a concealed gramo phone controlled by a tiny switch at her bedside.

It continually plays Oriental

MARIA JERITZA, the operatic fint star, married filmproducer Wil-music. fred Sheehan after she had secured divorce

from Baron von Popper. There was a spot of bather when Maria

and now husband visited | Austria in September, Austrian Government ordering her to leave country before they prosecuted for alleged bigamy, Arkansas divorces being unrecognisable in Austria.

CLAUDETTE COLBERT and NORMAN FOSTER completed the drama of real life tangles when they divorced in November, Claudetto tak- ing the initiate. FOSTER immediato. ly announced intention of marrying Sally Blane, sister of Loretta Young. They do any that Hollywood parents teach their children arithmetle by getting them to add up the number of daddies they've had.

SALESMAN SAM

War Debts at a

Glance

Washington, Dec. 25.

The following tabulation gives at a glance the war debt situation between the United States and European nations:-

Country

Crechoslovakia

Belgium

Eton. Finland Franco Great Britain

Hungary Itals

Latvia Lithuania Poland Houmanie

YugalKTİR

INFORMS ME YER HAVIN' TROUBLE WITH ONE OF

YER WINDOWS!

WINDA FER TEN MIN-. UTES! GIMME SOME

HELP, WILLYA'

Due June 15 *$7,159,455 1,692,812 222,800

100,588

85,670,765

Amounta

15 arteam

€11,309,481 2,552,898

982,985

Total Indebtedn $417,70,620 188,209,108 17.784,028

8.724,648 3,960,772,235 4,630,157,#68 20061,038 2,048,003,284 7,312,668 0.354541

69,000,218 10.82.108,312

2,600,466

82,409 14,741,503 184,682 147,804 4,959,089

65,875,78%

3,548.750

€1,625,000

300,000

The Signals Were Crossed

MR.CRABBYIKE, TH'CLERK) YEAH, I BEEN

(GOOD GOSH! BOTH OF "WRESTLIN' WITH THIS! UE HAVE BEEN SHOVIN'

FER A HALF HOUR AN. STILL IT DON'T MOVE!

HOTEL

·MACON- WUPEY

PATRONS GAY THERE'S MICE IN OUR ROOMS: AW, RATS!

176,120,40 114,029 18.087,010 286,481 221.109 12,317,629 1,048,750 £25,000

YEAH, BUT LETS

GIVE IT ONE MORE

TRY!

Pos

·NO:

TBILL

1 A silent afterthought given riad

to complaint.

2 Horace says the timid see those

which do not even exist.

3 luminants and their one-time medium will suit many a gar- dener (two words, 6 and 4).

4 Gets a tremendous lot of cor-

respondence.

5 Striking success.

015

6 Tanned.

18

120

125

7 Might be in opera, but I have nover heard opera in it (two words 4 and 3).

8 One of a famous trio. (No! not

Joachim.)

13 Bite coins by way of variety, and get them divided into two parta

15 A German town starts needful 18 Tielng up and getting older

after the start. 18 Contains two side by side.

20 Wine or cake?

22 Relation

23 Trees may be replanted here. 25 Man's name,

Yesterday's Solution.

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8 BEFASTENINGS

BRITAIN AND EGYPT to King Fuad stated, that Egypt de

DELEGATES TO NEGOTIATE NEW TREATY

Calro, Feb. 13. Nnhas Pasha, leader of the Word has been nominated as president of the delegation that is to negotiate aj now Anglo-Egyptian Treaty."

aired a real agreement with Britain, strongthening the bonds of cordial friendship, and placing their lations on a solid basis of co-operation and good understanding.

Ht stressed the unity and repre- sentative character of the delegation. It is understood that Admiral W. W. Fisher, General George Weir and The Royal Decroo nominates 18 Air Chief Marshal Brook Popham members to serve on the delegation, will act as technical advisera to Sir and the Premier in submitting names Miles Lampson Reuter...

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