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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

16, 1936.

Mary Astor Diary: Husband's Bid To

THE CHILD IN THE FIGHT

Frighten Mystery "George

Despite bitter accusations directed at each other during a court tight over custody of their daughter. Marilyn, Judge G. J. Knight brought Mary Astor, film actress, and her former husband, Dr. Franklyn Thorpe, together in an attempt at reconciliation. The experiment filled, how over, and the court battle continued a day after this picture of the family group was taken.

Summer's

Minor Ills

DULL SKIES MAKE DULL MINDS

STATEMENTS have been made that the year's wet and dull summer is affecting the health of the people. Now a reporter has referred the question to medical: authorities.

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"HE WANTS TO KEEP ME

AT ALL

COSTS

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Los Angeles, Aug. 26.

More excerpts from the diary of Mary Astor were released to-day by Joseph Anderson, attorney for Dr. Franklyn Thorpe.

In this instalment of a Mrs. Pepys chronicle in purple ink the beautiful act- ress writes with extraordinary frankness of her husband.

"I made him marry me," she says, then she tells how she felt “numb all over" during her romantic interlude with George Kaufman, for whose arrest a warrant was issued when he failed to appear in court as a witness. These extracts fol.

low:-

"May 6, 1931: I think I have mentioned the play he [Kaufman] has just finished, 'Merrily We Roll Along." It is a great play, better than 'Dinner at Eight,' better than 'Royal Family.' I would give my eyes to be in it. I still build castles in the air.

"I see myself in New York in! a comfortable apartment with; baby and a good nurse, It is a swell pleture, but my! from here. it looks impossible to attain..

"First of all, there is Frank- lyn, with whom I am on fairly comfortable terms. We don't fight any more. He is very happy in this home with me.

"He adores Marilyn. I would| just have to bust up that and] break his heart. I feel sorry for him because I made him marry me, made him love me. I am quite fond of him, because we have been through a great deal together, because he is a fine man. are simply worlds worry about little things until they apart, much more than he realises, assume absurdly blg proportions. "It would be impossible to predict heenuse I play the king game with that such a simmer as this is likely him." to be followed by art influenza epistemic in the winter.

themselves by the weather, they

**But We

"May 29:

NAMED WITH WAR

DEAD: ALIVE?

2,500,000

Reptiles Die

For You

Two and a half million reptile sidns were sent to Britain from India tast year.

because it is found that the skins when used for shoes, bags and so

It's a fault of the reptiles really

Letter from Georgson wear much better and look

|prettier-fun those of animals.

Here are some other articles for which reptile skins are used:

Sports Jackets, Trays, Ties,

"But I think it is reasonable to to-day. Such a nice one, and u assume that, if there is an influenza little paragraph that might turn epidemic. It may be more wities out to be something important for spread oving, lu ʼn general lessening me: Would you still care to he of resistance, for nervous diseases said: "We don't Roll Along." The situation is

The medical afficer of a hospital Althea? la part in "Merrily We| believe that weather has any effect this: We haven't got one, but it's on nervotis disrases."

hard to sell them all on you at this distance. You do not really look it, and the fact that you are not here to act makes it all very Difficult. Oh! dear","

A Health official said: I should: CIGARETTE CARD say there is no evidence to sup-COLLECTING COMES port the idea that a wet summer

gives rise to epidemies or fills hospitals.

TO STAY.

"August 11: Occasional letters ¦ jand telegrams Trom George, I have had no romantic interludes,

I can't se

"But a person need not be a RARITY VALUES RISING do not want them.

doctor's or a

hospital case patient to feel off colour,

"If cold and wet weather pre- vents you from caloying fresh al and sunshine. you don't feel as

bright or cheerful as if you were able to walk in the country or play outdoor games. To that extent wet summer affects people's health

or well-being."

A medical man said: "We have noti noticed any special effects arising

from the wet weather. The health

RAPIDLY

Are you R collector cigarette cards ?

a person out there for whom I can lever force any interest whatsa

George has spoiled me for ever.

of any one.

FEEL NUMB"

If so, you are one of a rapidly. increasing band of enthusiasts, thrill even at this lapse of time "I suppose I can still get a deep now numbering many thousands, and from a distance of 3,000 miles who are taking their hobby more by just thinking tout him.

and more seriously.

For vigarette card collecting is be- coming a serious rival to philately.

"Maybe I am in love with him, and wouldn't that be funny!”

Fat

Lampshades,

Table-tops. Book-covers.

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Scarves, committee on hides and skins

The Imperial Institute's udvisory

pointed a sub-committee, which re- commends that the Government should take steps to prevent the in- discriminate slaughter of reptiles,

Battle Cry Of The Midgets

Vienna, Sept. 10. "Midgets of the world. unite!"

the war memorial in the

there appears HID William Grunncit

nipler, Derbyshire,

name of

William Grunnett was mar. ried in 1914, went to the front and was reported dead,

His wife married again, be- coming Mrs. Fanny Waller.

Recently, at Ripley Folice Couri, when Mrs. Waller applied for a separation order against her husband, his solleitor allered that William Grunnett, her first husband, wan still alive. adjourned.

Stewards For The Flying Clippers

Case

San Francisco, Sept. 10, Three "flying stewards" have been added to the personnel of the China, Hawaiian and Philip. pine Clippers to learn what they can about the mysteries of the giant flying boats prior to incep- tion of trans-Pacific passenger service in the autumin.

the

uf, the city is quite normal for the #nd the search for a rare old "Lam-i "October 7: feel a little nunb proposes to found a real Lilliput new, posts, more of which will be

tirne of the year,"

WOMAN DOCTOR'S VIEW

of

little

lo, in Great car

his

open

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The three, Robert Blumenthal, Ivan Parker and Urbano Carillo, Filipino, have been on the Trans- Pacific service payroll since June. Blumenthal speaks four langu- ages. His two workers are al-

Gont.

This is the battle cry of Julius most equally adept, somewhat prosperous "miniature" shamefacedly admitting know- businessman in Budapest, who ledge of but three,

Qualifications required for bert and Hutter lives and Eggs" all over about it all.

vigorous as that four in love with George, but I am plains and, thus, to convert old added to the route, at those of fire

I know I am in the midst of Hungary's fertile Elie famous "British

as additional skybirds are Gulan Here is the view of a doctor with aį

stamp

afraid of doing anything about it.Doctor Jonathan Swift's dream tually, any profession, with the "Collecting started about 44 years: farge general practice:

possible exception of weight. aro," an official of the "Nearly all patients feel better: Cigarette Card Company-perhaps for ever, to marry him, and have

London

"I would like to be with him into reality.

Goni himself is a midget; he mea-wards must not weigh over

Pan-American trans-Pacle ste- when the sun comes out. Wether the largest "clearing house" of cards undoubtedly affects the mind, and in

children, but

sures hardly forty inches, the step many illnesses the condition of the newspaper represiatative but it only it is all so lovely as it is. I am

the world-informed a London

Instead of following the example pounds. They must be of neat ap- frightens me to death.

uf most of his companions of pearance, have previous experience mind has an important bearing.

diminutive size and choosing in niceling the public and be able This summer a large number of fully into its stride after the War.

under circus tents and on railege education is preferable.

to speak at least two languages. A people have come to me with trivial "Now it has passed the stage of jafraid that if I did get what I wanted career complaints. Driven back

upon rubby

boys-although of it would eventually turn ou as this variety stages, young Gont who The restricted weight requirement course, they are still collectors-and thing has with Franklyn. Nothing possessed a well developed business of course is a valuable one from the has dicunt a serious wind have been more sincere than sense devoted himself to commerce. Pomen pole

At the age of 45, he is now owner allows just that much more margin inust be about 6,000 different acts in my love for him a short while ago, the world, and they are being added yet now that I have everything the of a prospering department store of revenue space aboard the multi-

which provides practically all mid- alone, at the rate way I worked, sweated and grieved get troupes throughout the world with motored sky giants. of 120 sets a

to get it, it is just so much ashes." INTERNATIONAL HOBBY "February 6, 1935: I had o dinner their stage equipment, from The hobby is just as international engagement with George on Monday boots to entire sets of furniture and in ita scope as philately, and cards night. Marian told me to call her complete miniature towns. are being issued in all the five con- the next morning after I had seen tinents, and practically every country him. She had seen him on Sunday for a convention in Budapest to dis-engineers for the powerful motors New cylinder heads, devised by afternoon. They had had a talk The leading English manufacturers about what I would let George tell uss the foundation of "Liliput."

"There is plenty of fertile space Martin ships to enter Into Far East- of the China Clipper, first of the issue, on the average, four new sets a you if he wants to.

available in Hungary,"

Gont, "I called for George. He was where we can lead our own life in year, and of each set one firm alone

era service, have increased horse- prints 150,000,000 coples. Millions of pleasant but Bittle Biters

power, glven improved performance andaccordance with our these

miniature and may even result in Improvement cards

are thrown away and lost, trained. I noticed.

standards. or are collected" by children, who "In the ear on the way to

of the flying time between here and "There we shall have our in most instances spoil their value by my dear?".

own ionolulu. I mid: Feeling lowlah cities and hamlets, all equipped with Trocadero. making them dirty.

To add to the pleasure and safety most up-to-date offered by modern civilisation.

Implements clipper trips across the broad! "We shall lose our inferiority.com are undertaking an extensive sur- Pacific Guam government ofcinis plex and feel comfortable where everything, roads and houses, a view to their adequate control,

there vey of insect ports on the island with velleles and tools, will be adapted

Each clipper upon arriving and to our size,

leaving Guam is fumigated and "Once we are nation In our own rigidly inspected to protect agricul territory, the trait of tired senility tural life along the route of the air- will disappear from our faces.

liners. herent in human nature we may "As curiosity is ineradicably In-

Guam authorities are only too glad to co-operate with airway officials, expect numerous tourists in Lilipul, since opening of the island to entrance fee might, therefore, prove pected to greatly increase popularity "Charging n moderate visa-or passenger air transportation is ex- quite helpful in solving our country's of the Pacific oulpost. Steamers at financial problems," Gent concluded

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'ALL PLEASANT'

sets range in price from £10 down "I practically went through the to sixpence, although there are a few floor. Franklyn called on him at individual cards that are worth much about eleven o'clock on Sunday morning. They talked for shout half an hour, in which Franklyn stated his reason for the visit, shook hands and parted all very pleasantly.

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Meanwhile, with regular scheduled

a few weeks off, Pan American has Passenger service only a matter of vigorously directed efforts to im- prove its budding service,

"He told George he know that with a shrewd smile-United Press. t visit Guam about six times he could not completely fill my

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George must be willing to take his March 20, 1035: A week ago to- share of the responsibility involved, night I said 'good-bye' to George for at least another six months. Each

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HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

The total Expenditure in 1936 on behalf of

sick and destitute children is estimated at $25,000, against which the Income to date is $18,000 only.

In order to continue its work, the Society

make for the balance of

$7,000 before the close of the financial year on 31st

October.

Hon. Treasurers:

Germany issues the largest sets, sometimes ranging up to 500, while the English companies are content;

People are judging the freshness of elgarettes by the cards, and many

Hyderabad, Sept. 8. packets are returned to tobacconists "It seems to me probably that in time we are tegelber our relationship in a nearby village that bows to People are flocking to a palm tree because the cards they contain are all honesty ho loves me. Wants to Improves. We do have a grand time ground every day at noon and sunset out of date.

For

keep me at all costs; and probably logether. every one serious "cartophilist" wanted to frighten George into break-We seem to be so good for each It is popularly believed that the tree jand then resumes Iis upright position, in 1930 there are 25 now, and the ing off with me. I told George Huther. He is good for my falling ego total number is estimated at nearly he wanted to get out he could. ·

Is following the Hindu custom of pro- Mr. Fone hundred thousand,

makes me feel like I were pretty (strating sell before the gods at "His answer was very nice: 'I will much a person."

prayer time-United Press.

Mr. A. McKELLAR, C.A..

c/o Mackinnon. Mackenzle & Co.,

P. & O. Buliding.

KWOK CHAN.

c/o Banque do L'Inde Chine,

Hongkong.

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