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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

By Ernie

NANCY

NANCY CERTAINLY IS PROUD OF THAT

WRIST - WATCH SHE GOT FOR

CHRISTMAS!

COME, DEAR--- IT'S TIME

FOR LUNCH!

WHERE'S YOUR WRIST-WATCH, NANCY?

147

CHAMPAGNE

February 6, 1940.

Bushmiller

PARTY NINOTCHKA

Ninotchka and Count Leon d'Algour fall in love before they know each other's identity. He is the sweetheart and She is in Paris to sell the Duchess Swana's jewels for the Soviet. representative of the Duchess. with an injunction pending to prevent the sale of the jewels. But love finds a way, and they are together when the Duchess discovers them at a night club and Tries to lord it over Ninotchka as she would have done in the old Russia. She comes off second best, and Ninotchka takes champagne to wash the taste out of her mouth.

EON filled their glasses. the bar but a few minutes when "Darling," he said "the the manager of the night club came up to him in great excite-

only thing that will be overment.

on Thursday is the law suit. "I'm very sorry, Count There will be no Thursday d'Algoat, it is most embarassing, for us not next week or but the lady you brenght with any week. We won't let it you is spreading communistic in the powder

happen. I'll tear it out of propaganda

¡room-'

the calendar..."

•

Leon stared, then nederert a

"What "Wonderful," she breath-other double brandy. ed, touched by his sincerity, jean I do about it?" "if one could believe it."

"To

"You must, darling." She lifted her glass. the loveliest story I ever¦ heard."

As they drank, the orches tra started to play, and Ninotchka, fearful of the emotional path into which the conversation had stray- ed, suggested, "shall we dance?"

She had taken but a few steps in the waltz when the effect of the unaccustomed champagne made itself felt, "Oo-oh, darling!" she said tipsily. "Something is the matter."

"You just made the trip from goats to grapes a little too quickly,"

"She's inciting the attendants to go on strike. She has been Jasked to leave, without ancreas. We would appreciate it if you would see to it yourself."

"You want me to go in fiere? "I'm sorry, but I must in iss that you get her out."

IT was some hours koer limat Luoh #nel Ninotchka. hath very tipsy, en- tered the Royal Suite #L the Hotel Clarence.

Leon carried a bottle of cham- pagne with a napkin about it. berlours to the same party.. They reached a couch and sank Baluler.

teen."

11 followed instructions and

down on it. Ninotchka movedį They embraced again, and she up close to Leon.

said with vague happiness; "Now" "Are we going to build our twice to the left mul slop at seven- little house?" she asked happily.

"Yes, a little white house." they found themselves staring intai "Not white darling. Don't the open safe. "No music," she let's have any colour.

No said, disappointed. "There they "Oh, everything is

colour... Just a house. Let's are. They are terrible things, those wonderful! Thursday's-get-form our own party."

jewels,"

"But big." he said. ting further and further "Right! Lovers of the 'world,

unite!"

away,"

So

"Yes, don't worry. Every-

thing will be all right."

"Comrades! comrades!"

"And we won't stretch up our arms and clench our fists."

"No, no."

"And our salute will be a kiss,

cried Ninotchka gaily, ad-won't it, Leon?". dressing the crowd on the "Yes, a kiss. `. dance floor.

Salute!"

bombs will fall will crumble, but please walt, wait,

"They are the tears of old Russia. hurry? Let us be See that one?"

as our moment." "Who cried that one?"

pealingly to Leon. "Czar Peter gave it to his wife, aren't we, Leon." For it he sold 10,000 serfs."

"Don't say that," darling. Some day when I come home to you I may say, 'Darling, I drove Gaston to the market and look what I got for him!'"

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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5 (Reu-;

Last Month

SINOTCH K Apsurmented quietness out of the stool

romm, down the corridor. Bitt atj stendily. Com the deer his uncertain gestures be- rad People of rayed him, for the door closed after him with a bang. the World! The Ninotchka stirred in her sleep at

LONDON, Feb. & (Reuter)-The- revolution is on the bang, and opened her eyes. The the march.

light was on, and the disapproving ter)-Alter two days of battling number of unemployed on the re Wars will wash face of Lenin started at her.

against merciless snow storms in un gisters on January 10 showed an in- She smiled charmingly. "Smile, Army transport plane, two Injured crease of over 157,000 compared with

C.C.C, boys from Arizona are now December 11. lnst. little father, smile."

Over 130,000 of the increase are undergoing medical treatment here. The photographseemed to her. One, boy of.19. is suffering from accounted for by the fact that in- to smile, and she cloned her eyes a broken back. The other, a kid of dustries were adversely affected by

17 years, has a broken armu and frost and snow. shoulder received in a lorry accident

over us

all civilization. not yet. Wait, What's the happy.. give

She turned ap "We are happy,

"Yes, sweetheart. Very hap? His arms supported her as she sank blissfully into a chair.

"So happy and...so...tired," she murmured, and fell asleep.

She Bank into his arma and "Darling! Darling!" be- kissed him, murmuring: "I am. 80

He took from the jewels in the happy. No one can be so happy sought the embarrassed without being punished. I will be safe a beautiful diamond and held

punished and I should be punished."it in front of her. "Come, sweether gently down on the bed.

Léon. "Please!"

"I must talk to my thers. I am People. I want to make a speech: I want to overthrow the Duchess."

"But, darling, you can't do that," he said, urging her off the dance floor towards

room.

confess, darling."

avill teach these jewels. For the

"I know. It's the Russian soul first time they will learn how they "I am a traitor. When I kissed look." you I betrayed the Russian Ideal. wall."

stand me un against the

"They belong to the People."

He gathered her in his arms, the

her head, dindem still ou

und carried her into the bedroom, put Kisa- more, he stole with OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS

In a very ceremonial voice hel

"Captured" (Oriental, to-morrow) ; "All right. if that'll make you said: "I give them back to the happier." He led her to one end people.. I make you Ninotchka! Not in any way meant as propaganda, but just the plain, straight-forward of the room, still lugging the the Creat. Grand Duchess of atory of the brutality and horrors of hell, sums up "Captured," the latest Warner Bros. war picture to be shown

the door to the powder champagne bottle, stood her ainst the People!" He placed the dindem a German prisan camp. That, in

the wall, covered her eyes with the fumblingly on her head. "Is this napkin from the bottle. Then he the winh of the masses?" she asked, walked away, starting to extract the falling in with his imagininga.

"It is their wight."

"But, darling, you can't do that," he said, urging her off the

cork. dance floor towards the door to the powder room,

nut-

on the local screen. The film will be in the way of n Chinese New Year treat Orientat and will be shown at the Thantro at their ordinary popular alm There was a sudden pop, and

"Thank you, Leon. Thank you, pelers! When the Studio executives de Ninotchka sank into chair, saying russes," Then low to Leon: "Canelded to make this picture, they were SHE resisted. happily: "I have paid the penalty- I make a speech now?

Now let's have some music."

"Please do." "Comrades!; "Let's turn on the radio," he

Good people of suggested.

France! They

little

Swedish Exports Diverted

"It's a litle box, with a all knob you turn." aro

She started to hunt, repeating, Duchesses here, "Little knob. little knob." end- Leon. Thoued up in front of the safe. She s and a of opened the concealing door and saw Duchesses, and I am going to the enfo's dial. "Here it ia!” tell them".

"What shall we get?" she asked. "Quite right, yes, yes," agreed "The news?" Leon; now that he had almost "No. We don't want to know first you are going in that door what's going on. We want to be ports.

left alone, don't we."

reached the powder room, "but

enterprising enough to get into touch with Sir Pallip Gibben, author of "Fellow Prizonors", from which the Alm was adopted, and the exrestives then went

Almed the pictura] one better and executives then went one better and filmed the picture exactly as it was ro- lated by Sir Philip.

We have all heard or read a lot about Naxi brutality. We have BEER HOME examples on the neraen. Some of ttc STOCKHOLM, Feb. 5 (Reuter) have even had the misfortune of having A conference between Swedish and suffered frat hand from Naxlism, but all this will palo into insignificance Norwegian State Railway representa when compared with "Captured". It is tives at Ostersund is reported to have the pleturo of tho century and thei agreed to the diverting of Swedish management of the Oriental Theatre upon securing exports from. Baltle to Norwegian must be congratulated

nack a timely fle" for the public of Further recommendation, At the time when Germany frat Hongkong.

leting role will be taken by Lesilo "Yes, sweetheart. all by our-seized Swedish cargoes and pulp, cer- indend such is necessary, is that the ain Swedish producers took steps to Haward, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and ensure warehouse accommodation in Margaret Lindsay. Norweglan porta with the view to

and you are going to take a little spirits of ammonia and He solves." down."

"No speech ?” 'sweetly..

Bhc

"No speech, darling."

asked

"I love you, my little Leon- itchka!”

such diversion.

Reich Not Sending Arms To Russia

"Well then," she said memory coming to her vaguely, "turn twice to the right and stop at soven."

THEY walted. but no sound, came. Ninotchka said it was dead, but Leon insisted It took a while to BERLIN, Feb.

8 (Reuter)-Oficial warm up like circles scoff at reports made that Germany is sending orms and muni- people. Like you tons to Sovial Russia. and me, First such stories are unfounded non- tossed it off. Ho had been at you wanted to figlit me and now we serise is the official comment...

"And I adore you, Ninotchka.

Now in with you!"

She went unsteadily through

the door, and he repaired to the

bær, ordered a double brandy and

"Hardy Rido High" - (Queen's - and! Alhambra): In this epizods the now celebrated American family fall hair to a fortune, with strange effects on each) member. One of the foonidest sequences shown Micky Rooney in a night club,| registering all emotions from astonish ment and incredulity to adolescent joy.

"They Made Me à Criminal". (King!=)+' John Garfield, rising movie actor, in n Burpeeled of atory about a puglilst, murder and bellevod to have ben.

killed in a car accident. A frult ranch- in the West, provides opportunity for, his regoheration, Also in the cast are. the "Dead End kids, MayHoleon, Claude Enius and Gloria Dickson,

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