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NANCY

NANCY. CERTAINLY IS PROUD OF THAT

WRIST-WATCH SHE GOT FOR

CHRISTMAS!

Tuesday,

COME, DEAR-

IT'S TIME FOR LUNCH!

Chor. 1999 be Tiled Fädare Uyurkhade, Zus

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By Ernie

WHERE'S YOUR. WRIST-WATCH, NANCY?

February 6, 1940. Bushmiller

CHAMPAGNE PARTY NINOTCHKA

Ninotchka and Count Leon d'Algout 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.

LEON 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'Algout, it is most embarassing, for us--not next week or but the lady you brought with any week. We won't let it you is spreading communistic

in the powder. happen. Fl tear it out of propaganla the calendar.

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room."

Leon stared, then ordered an- "What "Wonderful," she breath-other double brandy. ed, touched by his sincerity, can I do about it ?" "if one could believe it." "You must, darling." She lifted her glass. "To 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."

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

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

same party.

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IT was some hours later that Leon and Ninotchka, both very tipsy, en- tered the Royal Suite at the Hotel Clarence. Leon carried a bottle of cham- pagne with a napkin about it. helang to the They reached a couch and sank Salute!" down on it. Ninotchka moved! They embraced again, and she said with vague happiness: "Now up close to Leon.

"Are we going to build our twice to the left and stop it seven- He followed instructions and "You just made the trip little house?" she asked happily.

"Yes, a little white house." they found themselves staring into from goats to grapes a little

"Not white darling. Don't the open safe. "No music, shu too quickly."

No said, disappointed. ""There let's have any colour.. "Oh, everything is

so colour.

Just a house. Let's are. They are terrible things, these

Jewels." wonderful! Thursday's get-form our own party." ting further and further "Right! Lovers of the world,But big" he said.................

They are the tears of old Russin. hurry? Let us be happy-- ~~:~ give 10 smile, and she closed her eye varean-f5,705 tona) Louisianian Ate Board of Directors,-who- unite!" away."

"Yes, don't worry. Every-

thing will be all right."

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

"No, no."

"Comrades! comrades!" "And our salute will be a kiss, cried Ninotchka gaily, ad-won't it, Leon?"

teen."

MINISTRY BUYS SIX SHIPS

NINOTCH-K A| exaggerated quietness out of the stood 1 p unroom, down the corridor. But at steadily."Com- the door his uncertain gestures be

HOSPITAL · FAREWELL trayed him, for the door closed after

Dr. C. W. Lam and Mr. S. N. raden! People of him with a hang. the World! The

Chau Tendered Dinner Ninotchka stirred in her sleep at The revolutions on the bang, and opened her eyes.

The Ministry

Nurses, dressers and other mem- of Shipping has the march....

light was on, and the disapproving arranged for its first purchase of bers of the Tung Wah Eastern Hos- Wars will wash face of Lenin started at her.

American cargo ships by buying six. pilal and people from the Kwong Wah former She smiled charmingly. "Smile,

The sale is subject to the approval Hospital gathered at the little father, smile."

of the United States Marline Com-Hospital at Sookunpoo yesterday to bid farewell to Dr. C. W. Lam. The photograph seemed to her mission.

The ships involved are the Del-Medical Superintendent of the Tung Wah, and Mr. Chau Silu-ng, Chair- (15,484 tons) Tennessean (0,379 tons) an

they

over us

all civilization barbs will fall will crumble, but not yet. Wait, please wait, wait.... What's the

See that one?"

us our moment." She turned ap- "Who cried that one?"

pealingly to Leon. "We are happy. I "Czar Peter gave it to his wife. aren't we, Leon." For it he sold 10,000 serfa."

"Yes, sweetheart. Very hapru.** lis arns supported her as she sank blissfully into a'chair.

"So happy and...no...tired," she murmured, and fell asleep.

"Don't say that, darling. Some day when I come home to you I may dressing the crowd on the "Yes, a kiss., Salute any, Darling, I drove Gaston to the dance floor.

She sank into his arms and market and look what I got for:

He gathered her in his arms, tho "Darling! Darling!" be-kissed him, murmuring: "I am so him!","

diadem atili on her head, and sought

He took from the jewels in the carried her into the bedroom, put the embarrassedappy. No one can be so happy

without being punished. I will be safe a beautiful diamond and held her gently down on the bed. Kins- Leon. "Please!"

punished and I should be punished." it in front of her. "Come, sweeting her once more, he stole with I must talk to my bro-She got up suddenly, "I want to heart, let me put it on you.

confess, darling."

will teach those jewels. For the

thers. I am People. I want .to make a speech. I want to

overthrow the Duchess."

You

"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.

Leon, stand me un against the "They belong to the People." wall

In a very ceremonial voice he

OUR GUIDE TO

THE CINEMAS

"But, darling, you can't

"Captured" (Oriental, to=minɣrow) ÷ do that," he said, urging her

"All right, if that'll make you said: "I give them back to the Not any way meint as propaganda, I make you Ninotchka but just the plain, straight-forward off the dance floor towards happler." He led her to one end people..

of the room, still lugging the the Great. Grand Duchess of story of the brutally and horrors of the door to the powder champagne bottle, stood her mainst the People!" He placed the dindem a German prison camp. That, in a aut- the wall, covered her eyes with the fumblingly on her head. IB, this shell, sums up "Captured," the latest Warner Bros. war pleturn to be shown "But, darling, you can't do napkin from the bottle. Then he the wish of the masca?" she asked, on the local screen; The film will be that," he said, urging her off the walked away, starting to extract the falling in with his Imaginings.

room.

cork.

dance floor towards the door to There was a sudden pop, and the powder room.

Ninotchka anak into chair, saying SHE resisted. happily: "I have paid the penalty.

Now let's have some music.? "Comrades!

"Let's turn on the radio," he

'Good people of suggested.

France !

They

are · all

"It's a little box, with a little knob you turn.”

"It is their wish."

"Thank you, Leon. Thank you, masses." Then low to Leon: "Can I make a speech now?"

"Please do."

In the way of a Chinese New Year trenti and will be shown at the Oriental Theatre at their ordinary popular film; prices! When the Stadio executives de- cided to make this picture, they were

enterprising enough to get into touch with Sir Philip Gibbs, suthor of "Follow the im wAN Prisoners", from which adopted, and the executives thon want) one better and Mined the picture

one better endi executives then went filmed the pleturo exactly as it was re-

She started to hunt, repeating, SPRAT SELLERS Almed the pietura, ex

Duchesses here, "Little knob. little knob," end- Leon. Thoued up in front of the safe. She sands of opened the concealing door and saw Duchesses, and I am going to the safe's diar. "Here it is!" 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

WANTED!

We have all heard or read a lot about Naz brutality. We have reen onio examples on the screen. Rome of us have even had the misfortuns of having Bushels of sprats are being landed suffered first hand frora Naziism, but pale into ine)gnificance the East coast at Tollesbury, all this will Brightlingsea and other places, and when compared with "Captured" It are being used as manure since there the

no one to sell them.

On

Local fishermen are organising a retition to send to the Minister of

reached the powder room, but what's going on. We want to be first you are going in that door left alone, don't we." and you are going to take a "Yes, sweetheart.... all by our-Food on the subject.

little spirits of ammonia and lie selves." down."

"No sweetly,

speech?" she

pleture of the century and the Gangement of the Oriental Theatro must be congratulated upon securing such a "elmely film" for the public of Hongkong. Furtber recommendation,, if indeed such is necessary, is that the leading roles will be taken by Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, dr. Afici Margaret Lindiny.

"Ardy Ride' High" (Queen's 'and' now Alhambra): In this episode tha celebrated American family fall heir to' a fortune, with strango effects on each 'mumber. One of the funnient sequences.

Before the war scores of men were "Well then," she Hald memory employed in this work, and much of coming to her vaguely. "turn twice their catches were sent to the Con-

linent-for canning; - asked to the right and stop at seven.”

THEY walted, It is apparently no one's job to sound, distribute the bulk of the fish for sale but no

Ninotchka and all that is done is that local came,

ople buy a dishful at a time direct said It was dead, from the fishermen or fishmongers "They Made Me a Criminal” (King'»)! but Leon Inslated stock a few bushels for sale at their It took a while to hops.

"No speech, darling."

love you, my little Leon- itchka P*

"And I adore you, Ninotchka.

Now in with you!".

She went unsteadily through

the door, and ho repaired to the

har, ordered a doublo brandy and

warm

shows Micky Rooney in a night club, registering all emotions from astonish- ment and incredulity to adolescent joy.

John Garfield, rising movie actor, in a story nhout a pugilat suspected of nurder and bellored to have been The Ministry of Food apparently killed in a car accident. A fruit ranch: "liko

promised ដរា Investigation of the in the West provides opportunity, for people. Like you position some time ago, but nothing his regeneration. Also in the chut, aro -and

Robson. First seems to have been done and valu- the "Dead End" kids, "May

Claude Faina and Gloria Dickson.

up

mo.

toaned it off. He had been at you wanted to fight me and row walable food is still being wasted,

TO-MORROW

DICTATOR

TWO

and Indianan (5,582 tons), all owned are leaving their posts shortly. by the American-Hawallan S. S. Co. A dinner party was held in their and the Dalewond (0.071 tone) and honour and at the conclusion the Chiu, proposed a Waban (0,038 tons) both owned by M: tron, Miss R. the Lykes Bros. Shipping Company. "fare you well" tonst.

The six ships are suitable for Mr. Chau and Dr Lam replied and carrying any kind of cargo.

Dr. G. I Thomas also spoke.

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