1936-08-21 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST

"MY IDEAL MARRIAGE MCMAHON

MY OWN"

Marlene Dietrich

Star Besieged

Frantic

By

Crowds

(By A Special Correspondent)

Paris, Aug. 10.

AFTER being mobbed by one of the largest and most

frenzied crowds that have ever welcomed a film star to Paris, Miss Marlene Dietrich, the blonde idol of millions); of screen fans, told me to-night of her plans for her London visit and for the education there of her daughter Maria, aged 11.

"I shal

We sat in her suite in a small, extremely quiet hotel hway from the fashionable thoroughfares. of Paris, and as we talked Maria, a tall, fair-haired, vivacious girl entered and shyly shook hands.

next week-l go to England. probably depends on when i can see Mr. Kordu to arrange about my film." Miss Dietrich told me. "We hope that Maria will be able to start her English schooling, near Lon......... don, after the summer holidays in September,

"I expect to stay in England throughout September to make my film with Robert Donat, based on James Hilton's book "Without Armour, then perhaps I shall stay a short while on the French Riviera, and afterwards go back to make three films for Paramount, seg

MOVIE DEB

Kay Stewart, young socialité granddaughter of James Stewart, all magnate, is the latest deb to join the movies. She will have a role in Rex Beach's "The Bur- rter," when it is filmed.

one produced by Ernest Lubitsch, and the other with Frank Lloyd "CONFIDENCE MY MARRIAGE

TRICKS" IN

Surgeon's Attack

"Everyone asks me if I am really happy in my married life." OSTEOPATHY she went on (Miss Dietrich's husband is Herr Rudolph Sicher). "Or course I am. These 12 years since my marriage have been ideal- but, of course, we must not claim to be the happiest married couple. ¡ Married couples can never be happy if they are continually parted.

"I see no reason why I shall not work again with von Stern-¡ berg," said Miss Dietrich, referring to har suptasel professional separation from

the man who directed many of her Hollywood pictures, "There is no separation really.**

i

On "Stunt" DRINK AND THE CAR DRIVER Osteopaths wil be up in arms at

"I must have rest now," she said. A slight huskiness enhanced the charm of her smooth, perfectly controlled voice, which has the stinging criticism of their calling thrilled filmgoers all round the world.

HEMMED IN BY CROWD

ar-

At the Gare St. Lazare, the terminus where Miss Dietrich rived from Le Havre un route from Hollywood, astonishing scenes marked the entrance of the buat train.

A struggling crowd rushed along the platform and surrounded Miss Dietrich as she stepped from the coach. At one period her husband and a friend had to pre- vent her from being crushed by the crowd.

It took her a full 20 minutes

to struggle along the few feet |

by Mr. A. S. Blundell Bankart, the orthopaedic surgeon of Middlesex Hospital.

Hert: tre some of the things he sald at the British Medical Associa- tion conference at Oxford,

"Osteopathy is an American stunt bnsed

the unsupported assertion that practically all diseases are due to Imaginary displacements of the spine.

"It has been investigated up to the hilt, and it has been found wanting.

"It la up to all orthopaedic surgeons to see that theke confidence tricks are exposed, and to ensure that the pro- per use of manipulation in surgery

teaching hospitals.

of platform towards a pre-a-Herzogin Cecilie's taught and practised in all

ranged exit through the station

yard.

As her car drove scores of the frantic women clawed at windows and jumped on to the running-board, eager to see the famous star,

A

Way They Have in

Auchtermuchty

From A Special Correspondent AUCHTERMUCHTY for the

Keel

Broken

FEAR THAT FAMOUS VESSEL IS DOOMED

Kon.

our

"SHIFTED HIS GROUND" "Do not let anyone deceive you by explaining that the modern osteopath

is a more enlightened fellow who has become, in fact, a manipulative sur- geon. This is not true," said Mr. Bankart.

The fate of the Herzogin Cecilie, lying at Starchole, near Salcombe, shifted his ground again and again

"it_is_trie_that_the_ostropath hus. Devon, appears to be sealed, her commander, Captain Eriksson, stat-as one after another of his claims has ing recently that her keel was bro-been shown to be absolutely devoid

of any scientific foundation.

"In treatment, too, the osteopath "The state of the vessel is much has shifted or extended his ground in worse now than when we wer s

that he may employ local treatment Sewer. Mill Cove, where she ran In addition to, but not as a substitute aground," Captain Cricked, for, the spinal adjustments which are Water has gained so rapidly on the the essential basis of estebpathle

treatment, inps that salvage operations have been suspended. The lower, deek has risen two feel.

The damage was done when the 'Auchtermuchteans, a tariff wind turned south-east last week, wall round the town and no mure and a heavy swell was washing over dumping on early-closing day the vessel. Had the wind remained

"I need hardly remind you of the monopoly of manipulative, surgery for osteopaths in this country,

Osteopathy has nothing whatever to do with manipulative surgery." Mr. Bankart, said that there

W(L5

AS A "SOCIAL REFORMER"

AGED FATHER

IN- TEARS JEROME BANNIGAN, alias

Gorge Andrew McMahon, is an Irishman whose home is in Glasgow. He is thirty-two years old. His father, with whom he has nat communicated for ten years, is eighty years old, fast goi ing blind. His brother, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, is now in Dublin.

Is

A friend of Bannigan said: ."Bannigan, whom I knew

McMahon, was associated with Mr. Violet Van der Elst in her campaign against capital punish-

ment.

"He claims to have helped her to write a book. He assisted her in general election campalen. "He was married, I believe, in Scotland. He calls himself a social reformice,"

Last April McMuħon claimed £67 10%. from Mrs. Van der Elst int Marylebone County Court. Ile al.

legeit that she instructed him to hire cars during her general election campaign at Putney, The claim was diamine with costs.

Father's Grief

In February McMahon gave cvl. dence in the King's Division in a case in which Mrs. Van der Elst was concerned,

He stated then that he helped Mrs. Van der Elst to write a book against capital punishment.

A Glasgow reporter wrote: Banni- gan's father heard the news with howed hend and tear-filled eyes. He buried his face in his hands.

"It is too terrible

," he said. "Ay son's drinking houts may havis turned his head. He requires medical examination.

His brother Patrick, a priest, dia all he enld for derome: Gradually he drifted from home, and we lost

him entirely, sight

Inly prey to God that the court authorities have him medically examined before dealing with him.

"Help me," he whispered, "to keep this from his mother. She ім only now able to be about after thirteen weeks in bed. The shock might kill her.".

The Bannigan family are natives. of Cookston, Tyrone.

NEW PRAYER

BOOK CONTROVERSY

RELATIONS OF CHURCH AND STATE

An important memorandum on the recently published report of the Arch- bishops Commission on Church and State has been issued by the Connells of the Anglican Evangelical Group Movement and the Modern Church- men's Union.

of

It is declared to be undesirable ta alter the existing relations between Church and State in order to give effect to a messure legalising the most controversial parts of the, 1027- Prayer Book, the alternative Order Holy Communion and Reservation.

In regard to the proposed convoca- tion of a Round Table Conference,

represent all schools of thought within the Church, that it shall ex-

and that its scope shall include the Holy Communion and Reservation,

problem of Intercommunion members of other churches.

from the' foreigners at Strath, in the west quarier we should have little to choose between osicopathy is demanded that the conference shall i

been sate."

The beach at Storehole was reputed to have a firm sandy bed. The ebb

miglo, Pillour, Collessio and the like such are to be the slogans or that Roval and ancient burch of the tide around the ship's hull. Prototype, judging from the fact that plore all problems associated with

in the north-west of Fifeshire.

however, caused the sand to wash away, and a rock was revealed. The

Cedlie's bows Herzogin

stern Land

ond chiropractic. Its rival venture Proved even more successful than its

than osteopaths in the United States there were tar more chiropractice and Canada. The Auchtermuchty Town Counelank several feet, and the terrific tached to large hospitals have any "How many of you who are at- is seeking to revive a 400-year-old strain caused the rivets to "ly." local law to give Protection to its

organised arrangements for dealing The Queens College, Cambridge, with the large number of cases watch 1,200 inhabitants.

undergraduates, who were assisting require manipulation in ordinary "The

cause of the trouble is in the salvage operations, left resorthopaedic practice?" Tuesiny afternoons, explained the

Lently. Dean of the Guild, Councilor Willam

asked. Fresh orders are expected by Cap- Dick,

to me. Tuesday after-tain Eriksson from Finland, noons here are early-closing days, and directly the local shops shut, carts

drive in from the towns round about, CONGRATULATIONS IN

selling things Auchtermuchty.

lo the people of

"That's a grave lost to the chop- keepers of Auchtermuchty, and now it's getting worse. The curts come m from the other towns, and sell their!

wee bit cheaper than tho things a shops.

"And I'm sorry to say the people

and on |

inge of it, me buying up, in Tutedy afternoons, things they will need for

the week.

י

24 hours.

Mr. Bankart

FLAT 'TEET, THEORY

People did not suffer from

flat

willi

Son Who Murdered Mother Benefits Under Her Will

Park, West Kirby, Chenhire, sund their attaining 25 years of age. Edward Francis Alun Ball, upon

feet, but more from Inability to flat- ten their feet.. "The great majority MIDST OF TRAGEDY

of civilised people have acquired DY the will of Mrs. Lavinia B. Ball, some restriction of the

BY natural mobility of their feet so that they Co. Dublin, who died an or

of St. Helen's-road, Booterstown. KEPRIEVE FOR MOTHER

about cannot flatten them without meeting February 17, 1936, leaving personal WITHIN 24 HOURS

with the resistance of the soft parts estate in the Irish Free State of When the fattening foot meets with The husband of a

£1,030 158, 74., her share of her woman found this resistance it is strained, and the, father's estate and the residue of her guilty of murder, but steclared insane condition is painful." at the Old Balley, was the first to

Turrell (Oxford), dis-

own estate goes on trust to her sons, Dr. W. J. working sentence and of shother cussing electro-therapy, said: "Under

- to death on a

electrical. treat- similar charge and reprieved withinment is prescribed by medical practi-

tloners, who have no These congratulations were offered the remedy that they are prescribing of his mother's murder, but insane.

knowledge of

Edward was recently found guilty AN OLD LAW

In the waiting room of Holloway and the treatment is administered by He is "But there's an old law in Auchter- Prison by Mr. A. G. Dryland, to the those who are entirely ignorant of

twenty. muchty," he continued with a smile, husband of Mrs. Helen Allcorn, aged the nature of the discuse which they "that we are going to revive, to put 24 of Gaisford-street, Kentish Town. are treating." a stop to it.

1 Mrs.

Allcorn was.. sentenced to Professor Sir Joseph Barcroft, ut a "That old law, a very old custom death for the murder of her two-temperance breakfast at which ile- In Auchtermuchty, puts a toll of year-old daughter.

Mr. Sidney Allcorn told a reporter thinking people would agree that

legates were guests, said that al! Luxuriant Tresses twopence on each cart that comes into the town, selling things. It's that while he was waiting to see his alcohol, even in moderate quantities, Rated As Finest a very good law, that, more than wife-a terrible ordeal to look for had a definitely.

adverse effect 100 years old, and when I was a word to with the sentence of death drivers. This was buy, CO years ago, I can remember hanging over her the matron come reached by the B.M.A. committee ep- the conclusion

On Blonde Heads it was still in force then,

and told him of her reprieve.

"Mr. Dryland happened to be in pointed to study the subject.

One member of the committee, he

Chiengo, Aug. 15, TOW many hairs on a person's

A Chicago specialist--who says he has studied 15,000 adult heads of hair-submite, the following Answers!

on

"If we revive that old law, every the waiting room," said Mr. Alicorn, sald, took the view that alcohol might cart that comes selling into Auchter and he was the first to shake me by be regarded as beneficial to the tired muchty on a Tuesday afternoon will the hand. He had come to see his man, and a great many doctors have to pay the town a toll of two-wife. pence. That'll stop it."

"My wife and she could hardly stand the shock of the good news, we do not know," Sir Joseph, spid.

But the fact is, quite frankly, that i he added. at left her wonderfully "The amount of research that is hanny and

smiling."

being done has only been done in re

This twapenny tariff," 1 asked, "Is

it designed to make the foreign carts stay out, or pay to come in?"

"In Scotland," replied the Dean of the Guild, "It will keep them out. Twopenco a, cart,

nicely."

This is the fourth time in a little Intion to the average person and not over five months that a mother has to the tired man, It would seem to should do the trickery Tuesday, been reprieved and second case this' me well to 'go into this mnitor mora.

year of a reprieve within 24 hours, thoroughly.

21, 1936.

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