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Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 28, 1940.

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MAGAZINE PAGE

ENTERTAINMENTS

THEY'RE BOOMPS

"BOOMPS A DAISY" in Swing Time!

That is the latest novel- ty introduced to Hong- kong by the Hartnells, Prince and Princess of Swing who are appearing nightly in the Grill Room of the Hongkong Hotel.

The old "Boomps," which was introduced here by Dave Harvey, has already swept the Colony.

All the wepa are done to wing- time.

Two "clap handa" instead of one. two "knees", a bouinp, a semi- polku swivel and the bow complete the first movement. The old waltz is replaced by the "true", and the dance in completed.

There is very little difference, actually, to the old-style "Boompa A Daley, but that difference peps up the dance to an extraordinary degree.

SWINGING A DAISY"

WHAT'S ON

QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA:

"The Empress Dowager" (Chinese film). KING'S: "Hell's Kitchen." MAJESTIC: "Hell Divers." ORIENTAL: "Hawaiian

Nights,"

so popular that there has been no hesitation on the part of spectators in joining In.

They announce a change of pro- #tramme for Saturday night, when the Management of the Hongkon Hotel announces a 2 pin. gala.

The highly successful sea- son of the Hartnells is drawing to-a close at the Gripps.

Usually, the Hongkong dance season also draws to a close some- about the end of

where around It has to be seen-and,

March, more important, to be danced-to be

appreciated.

During this week, the Hartnells are demonstrating both the swing "Boomps a Dalsy" and "Knees Up. Mother Brown", the novelty dance which they introduced last week.

I have just been reading the Intest papers from: Home about the way in which "Knees Up. Mother Brown" is sweeping the was introduced In country. London on December 12, 60 Hongkong is well up-to-date,

You'll recall that the dance was pictorially illustraied on this page last Wednesday

Fredric and Sandra Hartnell give four numbers at the Gripps this week in addition to the demonstra

lons of the two novelty numbers which, incidentally, Imave proved

But I have some good news for patrons of the Grippt.

Dave Harvey and the Dyer Sisters, one of the most success- ful teams to visit this Colony. are returning for another short. season which will commence on Saturday, April 5.

they

Since leaving Hongkong, have played a prolonged senson in Manila.

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Harvey planned to return India after completing a few weeks in Manila,

But he has been as popular in the Phillipines capital

he was

in Hongkong and has extended his season to such an extent that plans have had to be altered.

The management of the Hong- kung Hotel have received many

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PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL;

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In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lite, Poking

enquiries regarding this popular team, and have been able to ar- range for them to play a return reason in Hongkong before leaving the East.

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THE BRITISII War Organisation Fund should benefit materially from the A.D.C.'s, production of "Tony Draws a Horse", which opens at the China Fleet Club Theatre for four-night season on Bweck. Wednestiny next

The cast includes Sunny Hole, Claude Burgess, Sheilah Mackin lay, James Whithorn, Dery! Fair, J. Roberts, Sain Pringle, Auguste Hoffmeister Olive Green, Andrew Anne Dowblan, Gels- Gilmore, Peggy Chubb and Amedee de Boysson.

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Tony Draws a Horse" is stil running; in London at the Comedy Theatre, where it opened over slx months ago. The play is by Lesley Storin.

Incidentally, Hongkong's A.D.C. shortly celebrates its ern- lenary-in four years time, to be exact. It was formed three years after Hongkong become a British Colony.

MOTORING

GRIN AND BEAR IT

By Lichty

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"We must first be sure, what we feel is really love, Elwyn- not merely a deficiency of hormones Á to D."

LEARN TO DRIVE

RIGHT

WRONG

WRONG

GD

The golden rule is

to sit naturally erect with the

lower part of the firmly back

sup-

ported and the seat so adjusted that both clutch and brake pedals can be fully - depressed without loss of body leverage at Hold the steering wheel rim the hips. lightly with both hands Just below the centre, keeping the wrists supple and the hands ready on the Instant to grip firmly| in emergency.

It

Never stump back In the seat limits the range of vision and slows down physical re sponses-to-road conditions. Control

by two or three fingers of one hand on the wheel is inadequate at any time. Be com- fortable, but ateri

The top-and-bot- tom grip timits. steering control and should never be adopted. This driver could not make a right-hand

turn without altering the position of both

hands

Spotting the Rank

MIDSHIPMAN

A Midshipman is not a commissioned officer, but an officer under training, and is officially classed as a "subordinate officer."

Both

Midshipmen and

Naval Cadets wear buttons instead of stripes on their cuffs. Thoy aro distin- guished from each other by the white patches officially known

"turnbacks, worn by Midshipmen on the coat lapels.

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Unkind (and doubtless unfruc) tradition has it that

t he buttons word placed on the cuffs to pro- vent these youthful officers from using a cuff in lieu of Probably a handkerchiof!

the same tradition is the -origin · ·-of-- the--nicknamo. "Snotty," by which the Midshipman is universally known afloat.

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Midshipmen are carried only in big ships, though it is customary to "land" them for two three months at a time to do- stroyers in order that they may gain useful experience in this class of vossol.

Actually the term "Mid- thipmen" dates from Eliza- bothan times, but it was then applied to a certain type of rating whoso sta- tion in action was amid- ships.

Beating the Censor...

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ETTERS coming out of Germany are supposed to be strictly censored, Most of them are, but import- ant items of news still trickle through to the outside world, the writer often using the simplest devices to fool the

censor.

Here are A fow typical and genuine examples:

When Hitler upset thousands of Baltic Germans by ordering them to return to tho Relch, some of them invented ingenious devices to choat the Nazi censor.

One of the repatriated Balts, for extrcinely unhappy in instance, his now German home, wrote to his brother in Riga, Latvia:

"Everything

hing a very nice here, but suggest you postpone your departure for Germany until after Jan's wedding."

Jan, the girl referred to in this letter, was only two years old. Another repatriated Balt tried a almilar method to convoy to friends at home the true state of things in Nazi Germany. Ho

·wrote:—

"We have not seen our old friend Mr. Sviestar since то arrived,"

Bviestas is the Lottish word for

butter. But the German censor did not know that.

British nowspaper correspon- dents some time ago tried to get through to their newspapers the news that one of the Nazi leaders was seriously. :-

"He has been visited by alx Harloy-street men," they wired to London. The Nazi censor, who was anxious not to let anything leak out about this illness, passed the message. He did not know enough about London to understand what for in Harley-street stands England Last

year Jewish families in Germany were constantly writing to friends abroad: "My poor hus- band (or son, or brother) has had

go on holiday...

to

It took us n' long time to and out why the holiday-makers were so unhappy. In the end we realised that the "holiday was really n spell in a concentration camp.

In one German area an ox- schooltenchor was mado a Nazi consor. People who wanted to send messages abroad know his work- ness for correcting spelling mis takes in every letter which passed through his hands.

Bo the writers made a series of spelling mistakes in their letters,

and believe it or not the school- 60 teacher-censor concentrated much on correcting, them that he nover bothered about the meaning of the messages.

Much of my news from Germany used to be written in the hand of n six or seven-year-old boy. Censors never bother to read children's letters,

There was a time when every carried thrilling Berlin paper stories about the exploits of two criminal brothers by the name of BASS.

A week later flames shot up from the Berlin Reichstag building. The Nazis accused the Communists of

But the Reichstag. fring

Wo know that the Nazis themselves were the real culprits. I wired to

Editor in Vienna:- my

Brothers Bass fred Reichstag." He understood me and our paper next day carried a huge headline:

B., and the Reich

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stag."

We had beaten the censor suc- cessfully, for he would never have dared to pass a bald message con- ̈ inining such an accusation.

Willi Frischauer

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with high waistline, and swing skirts.

50

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DRESSES

New colourings

and designs.

SPRING POSIES from $1.25 up

KAYSER GLOVES

In White, Brown & Navy

$1.95 to $3.50 pr.

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FAVOURITES OF THE RADIO

on

PARLOPHONE

Orchestre Mascotte

R2502-Count of Luxemburg

Merry Vienna -A2578-Artistes-lifo

Vienna Bonbons

Richard Tauber RO20447-Love serenade. (Delgos)

Don't be cross

RO29437-Sweethearts. (Sweethearts)

Waltz of my heart. (Dancing years) Magyari Imre and Hungarian Orals, R2701-You gave me the first kiss, Out in the Puszta

It's a great pity. In the enfe R2843-Bharl

Serenade

Ella Logan and Orch. R2035-Adios Muchachos

I'm forever blowing bubbles 2011-Two sleepy people

New Orleans

Orchestro Georges Talpine

R2099-Bolero. (Novel)

R2710-Fantasy on famous airs of Schubert

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