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The King's Daughters See "Twelfth Night

CLOWN MAKES PRINCESSES

WITH LAUGHTER

He is Coming Back?'

· PRINCESS ELIZABETH and Princess Margaret were taken by the Queen recently to their first West End production of a Shakespeare play-"Twelfth Night," at the Phoenix Theatre, Charing Cross-road.

It was a surprise visit as an extra treat by the King in celc. bration of his birthday. The Queen, all in black, and wearing pearls and a diamond brooch, snt with the Princesses in a box. with their governess, Miss Crawford.

Princess Elizabeth and her sister were as excited, and as eager, for the play to begin as any of the hundreds of school- boys and girls who backed the theatre.

Both the Princesses adored the anties of Feste. Olivia's clown, played by Warren Jenkins,

Princess Margaret, who jumped up and down in her exeltement, could scarcely bear to see him leave the stage.

back she

Every time he came applauded.

When he went off she turned to Miss Crawford to ask, "He is coming back, isn't he?"

Princess Elizabeth at absorbed, chin on her cupped hands.

for when the

A SOFT HEART She evidently possesses a soft heart, ludicrous Malvolio, steward to Olivia, is made ridiculous by

plot on the part of Olivia's uncle, Sir Toby Brich, and her servants, Princess Elizabeth gave him a long burst of sympathetic applause.

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Princess Margaret amused audience by resting her chin on the plash edge of the box and dangling her arm overboard as she played with the ornamentations which surround

it.

Promotion To

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Of the 15 captains in the Navy who were promoted recently to fin rank, 10 are to be placed on the retired list. This procedure la nor- mal, but it will be noted, possibly with some surprise, that among the latter is the officer who for the past two years has been in command of the Navy Staff College.

No one, of course, is competent to criticize the Admiralty's choice of the uffleers who are fit for employ- ment on the flag list. The Board of Admiralty alone are the judges of the qualities needed in the command! of naval forces, and they alone have! must be based. the knowledge at their disposal upan which the choice

own conclusions But the public may, and no doubt trom published facts. will, draw their

The Staff College is, or should be. the institution in which officers of the middle ranks are introduced to the serious study of the art of war. The head of it is chosen, presumably, because he is competent to direct and guide such studies; because,

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coing, gave her a fond, admonishing fact, he himself has made a deep

Nikitina and Svetlanoff, who recently completed an engagement

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Girl

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On Gold

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February 11, 1939.

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Cronin's Name Not In Film

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Dr. A. J. Cronin not associated with the film. "The Citadel," now being shown in London?

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This question is being asked by hundreds puzzled film-goers.

No book of recent years created such a deep and wide- spread impression as "The Citadel" when it was published recently.

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It was a

slashing attack nedical "qunchery," which provoked a nation-wide controversy.

The book rapidly become a best seller. To the man in the street the title of the book, "The Citadel," was instinctively linked with the nome of the author, A. J. Cronin.

When the alm rights were sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer it was under- stood they paid Dr. Cronin a sum which was a record for a British novel.

The film was made with Robert Donut and Rosalind Russell in the Jeading parts.

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directed it. Victor Saville produced it, and more than 100 well-known British actors and actresses played in it.

THE ONE OMISSION

At its premiere the film was halled

as a masterpiece.

It differed from the book in that it had a happy ending, but apart from that it was undoubt- edly the film of Dr. Cronin's book "The Cladel,"

In conformity with usual cinema practice, the film begins with credits to all concerned in its production.

But there is no credit given to Dr. Cronin as the author of the book on which the film is

which is usually given even when the author is practically unknown in

THEY'RE MYSTIFIED Film goers who

were

mystified that the Aim should fail to give the

name of the author-the best-

mystifled that

newspaper advertisements of the vinema which is showing the film.

The Queen noticed what she was

CAPTAIN DOD ORSBORNE, famous skipper of the

Britalu. Girl Pat, is sailing again in search of adventure tap, and bade her bring her arm back study of the art of war and shown himself particularly proficient in it. Inside the box.

Belch (Mr. George so, the layman would suppose that Sir Toby Dovine) and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, such an officer would be valuable, in this time "with several wealthy City men and actresses." The man who took a little trawler-across the Atlantic the higher poor, simple dandy, played by Mr. some capacity at least, even if not Michael Redgrave, made the in a sen command, in

to South America while the police of three countries known writer in Britain to-day-are ranks of the Navy. Princesses squeal with laughter.

Princess Elizabeth pushed back her

That an ex-Director of the Staff thir curls and rocked in her chair at College is not considered worth re-searched for him, plans a treasure hunt in the West Dr. Cronin is his out the name of

tention on the active list is likely to Princess Margaret became so on-lead to one of two conclusions thralled that she leaned perilously farther that the Admiralty do not re- cut of

of the box during the duel which cognize any importance in the higher Is forced upon the masquerading study of war, or that they do not attach enough Importance to skuff training to make sure that one of their best officers is put in charge

be un-l of it. These conclusions may justified; but so long as such in- trom sidents recur, as they have time to time during recent years, such criticism Is bound to be heard.]

their nonsense.

Viola.

Miss Peppy Ashcroft, as Viola, never had an audience more anxious than the Princesses were that scene.

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As they drove away after the show tiny the Princesses waved their bouquets to the crowd.

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Instead of the tiny boat which he sailed 1,200 miles across stormy seas without any navigational instruments beyond a sixpenny world allas he wil be in charge of a luxury liner. After leaving Britain calls will be made at Brest, Vigo and Lisbon.

Search will be made for Cap- tain Kidd's gold on the Savage Islands where it is reputed, to be hidden.

From there the search for adven ture will continue, Shark shooting, trawling for marine specle and cro- codile shooting up the Amazon will

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Australia Looks For Big Fleet At Singapore

LONDON.

AUSTRALIA expects the United Kingdom, in an emergency, to station at Singapore a fleet strong enough to safeguard the Empire's interests in the Eastern hemisphere.

With the party will be an experti This statement was made in the House of Commons film cameraman who hopes to secure recently by Mr. G. H. Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secret- |

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From the Amazon the ship will go

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Went To Wedding On Stretcher

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Three members of a wedding party traveling in a car and two pedestrians were injured when the car somersaulted,

Mrs. Mary Stewart, of Mitchel- ton, mother of the bride, though injured, insisted on being present at the wedding, and was carried into the church on a strecher,

After the ceremony Ahe was taken to hospital.

ary to the Admiralty.

He was replying to Lt.-Comman-| describes the naval and air bases as der R. T. H. Fletcher (Lab, Nun- the key link in the British Empire eaton) who asked by what date its defencó chain, and goes on to state was intended to station at Singapore that they are now considered strong a fleet adequate to obviate the neces-enough to defy any enemy. sity for Australla to acquire capital ships.

*This news,” says the Evening Times, "comes from official sources, but the strengthening of outlying defences still goes on, and an announcement is expect- cd shortly about sites for new R.A.F. aerodromes in the Malay States.

Mr. Shakespeare said it was not in the public interest to disclose pos- sible future positions of his Majesty's ships, and added that the British Government welcomed

Any steps taken to increase the strength of the Royal Australian Navy and of Aus-

"These strategic additions, It is tralian participation in the common learned on good authority, are in tusk of Imperial defence.

conformity with the general line of Typical of the intense interest British defence policy in the Far taken in Britain in the defence of, Enst, which is directed at guarding Singapore is an article published by the fortress of Singapore from at- the "Glasgow Evening Times," which tack from any quarter."

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