1939-06-27 — Page 3

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 27, 1939.

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Marcus Show Coming

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THE Marcus Show is arriving in town shortly and will present the first performance at the Queen's Theatre on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Nothing on quite the scale of the Marcus Show has hitherto been seen in Hongkong; it has so many girls that Australia quickly dubbed it the "Carcase Show.'

The quality and lavishness of this production, Its artistic presentation and its many beautiful show girls should ensure a season which should make new Hongkong recards.

Clever direction will provide num-stop variety entertainment with artistically presented-stage spectacles- interspersed with gand work by a team of comedians.

Since the Marcus Show left the United States two and a half years ago, the tour around the world has been packed with; dratum, uffstage and

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On the s.8. Kerala en route to India. Barbara Warner, one of the show- giris, had her appendix removed under the knife on a dining table on board. The operation was successful but peritonitis cet in. Racing for her life, the boat docked at Bombay one -day ahead of schedule. Another emergency operation was performed. Soon Barbara Warner was up and dancing again,

The troupe hay had no casualties-- except thrée marriages. Cupid took This foll in Australia when three of the girls fell in love. That didn't handicap the show. Mrs. Marcus promptly replaced them with Aus- tralian beauties who are now making . hit.

The Iroupe has performed in Aus- tralia, New Zealand, South Africa, Indin, Malaya, Java and Manila.

Lady

Astor Faces 2,500 Angry Pretty as a Picture!

Lovely Beth Cabot, one of the Marcus show girls, who will appear “La Vie Farce" which will open at the Queen's shortly.

Sultan's Brother Weds

Oxford Chiropodist

OXFORD.

THE romance of Tengku Mahmud, 21-year-old brother of the Sultan of Trengganu, with Miss Joyce Blencowe, chiropodist-daughter of a local tailor, culminat- ed recently in their marriage at St. Giles's register office, Oxford.

There are 76 persons including 40 girls in the troupe, there are 150 tons of baggage and equipment, consisting The wedding was very quiet. The large crowd outside the office.

Miss Blencowe was dressed in a of almost 100 trunks and wardrobes bride's parents, two other relatives,

a white hat and as many bundles of draperies, and two school friends of the bride-white silk frock with scenery, electric lighting equipmen! groom were the only persons present trimmed with black net, and a silver

at the ceremony but thero Was D (Continued on Next Calumu.) and thousands of odds and ends.

A cream

finest

The

Women

'I'm Not Afraid Of Being Howled Down'

LA

ADY ASTOR faced catcalls and jeers and was almost howled down when she spoke in support of abolishing flogging to the conference in Queen's Hall recently of 2,500 women of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations.

She was opposing a motion dealing with corporal punishment, and declared that the Home Secretary had won the support of every social worker in every political party.

There was a chorus of "No," and Lady Astor retorted, "Will you allow me to speak in silence and do your cheering after- warda?"

The 2,500 women, with two dissentients, supported the motion deploring the provisions of the Criminal Justice Bill abolishing flogging and urging the retention of corporal punish- ment for offences against women and children.

Lady Astor gripped the platform rail as at least 2,000 of the delegates present stamped, laughed, and shouted "Shume," "Oh," and "No" to her almost inaudible remarks

Her Son's Memorial

An 87-years-old widow. Mrs. Kenrietta Nicoll, of Charles- road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, trea- nures what must be the most unusual memorial to a son,

It is a tin of chocolate which has been exposed in a glass case in her drawing-room at the side of the photo and medals of her dead son, Geofrey Nicoli, for the last 35 years.

The tin was one of 40,000 given by Queen Victorla to her troops at the Boer War on Christmas Day, 1899. It bears the emigy of the Queen and a message conveying her best wishes

for 1000.

PRESENT FOR HER

When Geofrey returned home after serving in the Imperial Yeomanry he gave the tin, with the contents un- touched, to his mother.

SHOUT INTO “MIKE” Annoyed by the repeated calls,. Lady Astor shouted into the micro- phone: "Too often in this hall have I been howled down and in four or five years you have regretted your action. "I am not in the least afraid of

your howls."

The chairman's order bell tinkled

vainly for a

for a few moments, then the chairman, Mrs. Lionel Whitehead, rose and shouted into her own micro-

phone: "Ladies, I do appeal to you is give Lady Astor a a fair hearing."

Lady Astor attempted to rend from her copy of the proposed Bill, while women shouted indignantly.

There were cries of: "What about

women acsaully on

and children?" and Lady Astor struck the reading desk in her annoyance and retorted: The more I see of you, the more I hear of you, It is quite obvious that you are getting a bit mixed."

DEFIANT HANDWAVE

The chairman's bel repeated its

call for alience, while half the nudience began to clap and stamp rhythmically.

*) beg you to hear me” sold Lady

Astor, but every woman in the hall it was shouting and clapping, and was some time before she could make herself heard again:

When the chairman tinkled her Four years later he died of black-bell to indicate that Lady Astor's water fever in Southern Nigerin, and time was up, there was a burst of ap- his mother decided to keep the tin as plause insting more than a minute. a sacred relic.

"Will you please rend the report of the committee of Inquiry into this Mrs. Nicoll is the widow of the Rev. matter," and she went back to her said Lady Astor as a part- Charles Nicoll, formerly rector of ing shot, and Beplon, near Midhurst.

seat on the platform, waving her hand deflantly.

Discussion of the corporal punish-

fox fur cape-the gift of the bride-ment resolution Was 3D long pro- groom. She wore a spray of orchids.

NERVOUS BRIDEGROOM

tracted owing to the storm it aroused that two items hud to be left off the agenda-discussion on the shortage of nurses and rehousing.

Pensions for wives of insured

workers.02.55, provided the wife was

or more, were urged. Mrs. Chamberlain was there and went away blushing at the nice things Conservative women said about her husband. And the delegates pleased about the nice things Mrs. Chamberlain said about them.

were

Mr. G. Hollis, a school friend of the bridegroom, was best man.

Tengku Mahmud, a slight figure in a blue pin-stripe sult, seemed ner- vous during the ceremony and at times his voice could hardly be heard. Immediately after the ceremony, the couple left by train for London. They will arrive In Singapore in the P. and O. ilner Corfu on June 30. Two men looked in among the Numerous presents were received scores of eloquent women-Sir John from people the bride and bride- Anderson, talking on National Ser- groom have never met but who vice, and Mr. Oshert Peake, under- desired to show their approval of the secretary at the Home Office, to tulk

about the Criminal Justice Bill,

romance.

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