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ANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER

ADAPT30 (Rom tus fjetro Goldwyn Mayer ensure

by BEATRICE FABER

SYNOPRIS: It is Springtime in Carnel. but Judyn Hardy's pleasant reveries are in- terrupted by a visit of two men, Willis and Hanzen, toho tell him that he is about to make a furtune. Certain derage, monet by the Julge has been found in contain right per cent. aluminum. Though excited by the news, he cnutiously sends off a sample of the soll for analysis. In the meantime, though, Spring has dealt Andy Hardy a berry blow. His girl, Pally, is entertaining a dush- ing Naval Ensign and when Andy calla on her she greets him with Indiferene.

THE following Sunday Judge Hardy had started to make good on his promise to his young daughter. If Marian was really that keen on get- ting a job some practice In shorthand might not be amiss. The door opened and Andy stepped into the room.

His step was slow, his heart heavy. What a night he had spent.

Last evening, hiding behind a hedge of bridal wreath had seen Polly leaving the house with the Ensign. She had been wearing a fluffy pink dress and cape and he had been in full dress uniform,

Andy could still see her. looking more beautiful than any girl in the world-and be- He longing to another. aighed with misery and hand- ed his father a letter. "For you Dad. Special Delivery."

The Judge's eyes widened as he ripped open the envelope. It was from the Physics Department of the University of Watoma.

"Dear Jim," it rend, "Received the sample you sent me and here is the analysia you wanted. The soil contains eight percent aluminlum bauxite. "The Judge let out

mar: "Hooray!" "My goodness Dad," Marion said disapprovingly, Really, old people oughin't to let themselves go like that.

"He'll be doin' the Rhumba nexi Andy sald languidly.

the

The Judge clopped him on shoulder. "No, but you'll be doing some arithmetle for me. Step into my den and exercise that mind of yours for a

father's

clinnge.

When Andy was at his desks in the next room the Judge started. "If a product sells for twenty cents a pound in the open market and it is contained in soll weighing approximately a ton to a cuble yord

"Got R." Andy sald tersely. "And there is eight percent in the soll and 100 acres of soil—” He was pacing the floor. "Let's see the earth's crust is approximately a hundred miles. But suppose we only dig ten. Well, Andy, how much would that come to? Well? Well? Figure it in dollars."

Feverishly, Andy calculated. Then, if we just dig downs u faut-- or five feet it would still mean millions. Why, It's incredible,"

Andy nodded without hearing or caring what I was all about.

Polly, Polly," he

paper, "Sure Dad,

S on the:

that's swell, I guess."

Was

The Judge suddenly eyed him. "Sny, maybe your mother Was right. You need some sulphur and moinages,"

"Fop." Andy said miserably, "sometimes I think fomiles lay awake nights tryin' to think up ways to make a guy mkerable."

*

NEXT morning, he walked dispiritedly into the Speaking Dramatics class.

Gee, this was going to bo plain torture.. He'd have to look nt Folly's face for a whole forty- Ave minutes and know all the time that she was running around with that old Ensim Charlie.

Then he saw a note on his desk and opened it. "Dear Mr. Andrew Hardy," he read, "After our last conversation, kindly do not bother me again.. Misa Polly Benedlet."

The door opened and the prin- elpal addressed them. "May I have the class attention, please?"

Andy didn't even bother to look un. There was bitterness in his heart. So Min Polly Benedict was the grudge-holding kind, huh? She didn't like it that he had called her child in front of Enalem Cooper. Well, if that was the way the felt

"

about it, he guessed he could tell something in a letter tuc.

"Dear Miss Benedict," he wrote. "Who wants to bother you again? If you mean me, I got better things to do." Furiously, he scribbled on.

start

t

Mr. Davis was speaking to the class. "In sorry to say that your dramaties teacher

ter is 1 and won' be with us for the rest of the term No Miss Rose Meredith will take charge of the dramatics cluss s ing to-morrow. In the meantime, to introduce her. I would ke Miss Meredith comes to us from the State University where she majored la dramaties. I hope you students will give her a good im- pression of our school,"

"Thank you Mr. Davis," a beau- tiful, velvety voler said.

☆

*

ANDY'S pencil stopped abruptly. He looked up and his head began to spin. Why, there stood the most ravish- ing creature he had ever seen. "Good luck," Mr. Davis sald the door pleasantly and closed behind him.

the Rose Meredith spoke to

all to students. "I want you know," she said in rich, contralto tones, "that I'm glad to be here with you that I want us to be happy together and accomplish fine

things."

Andy stared at her, stirred to the depths of his being by the strange beauty of her lovely sensi- tive mouth, her dark and tragic eyes set deeply Into a pale, oval face.

She continued to talk and her voice was music in his cars. Once she smiled in his direction, a faint. tremar went passing smile and over him.

"Instead of presenting a pub- she was lished play this season,) saying, I think It would be a fas- cinating experiment to have the whole project carried out by the students themselves.

other words, we'll write the play, paint the scenery, take the costumes, so that when it's presented to an audience, It will be a reat accom- plishment."

In

She stopped, for a brief second, conscious of Andy's worshipful

Startled, she look away. "The first thing is to write the play," she said. "For that, I'd suggest taking a well-known drama and using it as a model. Take a ahnilar theme; follow the pattern of the scenes, the unfolding of the story. Try to build the characters in the same way?

She made a graceful little ges- ture of

of Anality. "I'll explain more fully to-morrow but please bring come play suggestions with you. You might look up the comedies of

Sheridan. Shakespeare and Thank you.

Class diamissed." There Was the thunder of the claus rising to its feel and a bobel of valres.. Sitting to the left of Andy was Beexy MacMahon. He winked. "Boy! A swoll dish, nin't she. huh?!

Andy stiffened with anger. "She looks like a Indy to mo.",

Stickin' Plaster's voice piped up. "Sny, do you really s'pose they'll let me in on this play? I'm just crazy about everyfilng about Bo

the tre n'artur

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SHORT

STORIES

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"I can't imagine anything wore." Beezy said calmly, “Ston & Andy." "Okay boy." Andy was staring at Miss Meredith and his finers wave slowly tearing to bits piece of paper. It was Polly's let- ter. Then he took a deep breath and walked to the doorway where Miss Meredith was speaking to a student.

"Well," she was saying, "I think Camille's a little-uh-advanced for our class, Tommy, read Cyrano de Bergerac to-night. Maybe that will give you an idea."

* * ☆

THE last pupil left and without seeing Andy she walk- ed to the window and stared out.

The place was silent now.It was.......... pleasant but just a litle frightening. for solitude, she had found, gave one time to think, to be unhappy. Then she

around as Andy

addressed her

ssed her. "Oh, did you want anything?"

He nodded vigorously, "Yeah. I wanted to ask you this "theme" business you talked about. What ll did you mean?"

"Well," She looked pust him and her voice was muted as she said, "In 'Romeo and Juliet' It's the thene of love that comes to a tragic end. A pair of slar-crosa'd lovers take their life-

"Guc

Her Byw nice voice."

quirked. "Thank you. I've studied very hard. By the way, what's your name?"

Andrew Hardy." He added, with

a sidewise look. "But all my lends en e Amly."

see," He was nice box though B bit intense about him- good self. perhaps. Might be a worker in the class; though. "Well, Andy. I hope you write a play. We'll

need one.'

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Who writes of the

dramatic and impossible adventures

THE Great War with the German Empire ex- tended to the farthermost ends of the earth.

In the heart of Africa lies Lake Tunganyika. For many years German ships had sailed on this inland sea unmolested. The Germans used it for transporting supplies to their forces in German East Africa. and the German navai ensign flew on the ships of the Ger- man Navy there, which con- sisted of the gunboat Kingani armed and three or four vessels

The British, Navy, was non- existent there, and as there were no facilities in British hands for shipbuilding, it looked as if the German Navy must remain supreme in that locality.

But nothing is impossible to He with imagination and deter- of thought mination. Someone sending ships there overland, but the Idea seemned too impractical to be carried out.

But Imagination won the day and it was decided to send the British Navy there overland!

Behind closed doors at the Ad- miralty

ת

few officers gathered and worked out every detail,

Luckily, too, there were those ready to undertake the impossible -the old spirit of adventure was sutil alive.

LIEUT COMMANDER

A. SPICER-SIMSON was selected to command the ex- pedition, which consisted of two motor-launches and a force of 28 white men.

Ils ships were each of four and a half tons forty feet in length and with seven feet beam.

THE

NAVY

WENT OVER

LAND

THE

By the middle of August the flect "set snil" on this unique over- land voyage; they were escorted by armed Askaris as they "steamed" into the bush.

No sooner had the order to sati been given when things started to go wrong.

The engines gave trouble, the two ropes were not the proper length, and the track itself was not the ground in wide enough or places level enough.

It was

this 'as well

should happen at the very star!, so as lo accustom everyone to what was to follow. One dimeully after on- other had to be faced and over- come, breakdowns of all sorts occurred.

Snakes and scorpions had to be Xuarded against, especially at night as the latter are apt to get Into one's boots if they get a chance, and their, sting is as painful as a snake's.

This part of the jungle is also well known for its wild animals. though there was not much dan- Fer from these owing to the noise the convoy made on its passage,

Time and again the job seemed hopeless.--sometimes-no-progress. was made at all, and at others the progress in a whole day was barely

a mile, Their

full speed was designed for 15 knots, and their armament one 3- pounder gun and the usual supply of small arms.

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They were specially bullt in Britain and named Mimi and Tou-

1915 tou. Early

they left Tilbury

thefr

20,000-mile Journey.

On arrival at Cape Town the Mimi and Toutou were uncere-

out

the of monlously hoisted

Ion railway steamer and placed Trucks. The

July

On ni

feet left Cape Town railhead for the 10 Elizabethville--a journey of some

2,300 miles,

At Elizabethville, the advance guard was met, and the whole party entrained for the railhead at Fungurume. Here a camp was made and the serious part of this grtal adventure started, good

alicad The

were difficulties enough to have deterred an ordi- but from going on, mon mary Simson was not a mun to be over come by difficulties, and he had with him picked men, each with some special knowledge.

"I'm gonna write a swell play." She nodded encouragingly. "A werd of advice. Be sure you have a strong motivation for the plot."

Through the open window, Andy could see Polly sauntering across the grass. Huh. She and her En- sign. Well, maybe she'd be finding out that Ensigns weren't the best fish in the ocean after all.

"Listen Miss Meredith," he said flercely, my molivation is per- feet,"

Andy ta determined to pet the world on fire and thus get hia revenge on the fickle Polly. Will his new-found interest in Ufe, Rose Meredith, really in- spire him to be a playwright? Be sure to read the next ex- elting episode.

SECOND WHIST DRIVE

The Hongkong Football Referees'- Association" "will" hold their second monthly Whist Drive to-morrow at Iriza the Hotel Cecil at 0.30 p.m. have been presented by the Asin Company, the Sincere Company, A. G. James and Sons Uvellerit), Loon, Mr. A. W. Smith, and others have been purchased by the Associo- tion.

"cow-

Mr. C. E. Ford will be M, C. Tickets are $1 each, including re- frestiments, and

obtained may be from the Hotel Ceell or any football referee, Mrs. Ford has kindly con- zented to present the prizes at the conclusion of the Drive.

The greatest requirement of all. was the spirit of adventure and the will to win through or die in the attempt. Simeon was lucky in this respect, and the men were lucky in Simson,

Ono can imagine the discus- slons that went on, the endless suggestions and "brain wATOS" made, the talk of the chances of getting through, and on top of it all, the views of the people with Incal knowledge who said it was "Impossible."

What exactly had to be done? The Navy lind to be taken to Sankisla, 100 miles distant through the thickest known-or one might almost say unknown-bush and over a mountala range 0,000 feel above sea-level.

There were certain small forest tracks to guide the party and a route had been mapped out by the advance-guard.

*

CIMSON decided to make the journey in three 50-mile stages with a depot between ench.

The Mn and Toutou were mounted in mecially constructed 'crates and carriages with bla wheels; two traction engines were tised to tow them.

Some of the gradients were so steep that the traction engines could not tow. Storms and dust also fre- quently retarded their progress.

All the time great heat had to be endured, and furthermore the little party were always working against time, as the rainy season was not for off, and had this ar rived the situation would indeed have been hopeless,

The crew themselves, during thele long trainp, were frequently short of water, but they fortu- nately escaped the ravages of the setse fly, which carries with it the germ of sleeping sickness,

Eventually by the end of Sep- flect had reached the tember the highest part of the pintenu, but their troubles were not at an end, as the descent was almost as dim- cult as the

ascent,

Heavy weights going down hills and paths which are winding and tortuous need a lot of looking after to ensure they do not outrun their boiler power, and it would never have done for His Majesty's ships to be wrecked on the alde of a kill.

EVENTUALLY the long

trek was completed and the fleet arrived at Sankisia, an- other railheail,

Here the two ships were once more put on railway trucks and proceeded In "luxury" another Afteen miles to Bukoma, where they found themselves more in their own element, as they were soon allost on the Eualaba.

Steaming and lowing they traversed further four hundred miles til they reached another railhead at Kabalo towards the.. end of October.

Once more the fleet was put on a train for the last lap of their Journey to Tanganyika, about five miles from the lake.

Simson constructed a short line over the last few miles and also a little harbour colled

called Kalemle, con- sisting of a small breakwater built of rocks and boulders and some un- derwater

to be launch enable his ship

rapidly.

Simson received the assistance of the Belgian Commandant who commanded the small battery at Alberville near by on the shores of The Inke-in fact, Kalemle became an almost first-class fortified har- bour!

In the mean-

time the ships were kept hid-

den amonst the trees and. bush on the shores of the lake as it was thought that

the Germans might have heard of their approach.

1

ON Christmas Eve, after

their five months' voyage by rail, road, and sea, the fleet was launched, cleaned up, and the guns and ammunition got rendy for action.

Christmas Day was a well-carned holiday, but on Boxing Day at 9-10 a.m. the German Navy, in the shape of His Imperial Majesty's ships Kingani, a monster of 53 tons, was sighted steaming on a course that would take her straight post the harbour.

Simson walled till she was well past and then ordered his fleet to sea and made the signal to "Chase the Enemy."

He quickly overtook the Kingani and soon after 11-30 in the fore- noon the action commenced. The Germans must have had the shock of their lives. when they sighted the British feet,

used at a range Guns were -which-was quickly-reduced to less.. than 2,000 yards, and as the range decreased the rifles and quick- Bring guns were brought into use us well.

The Mimi, using lyddite shell, soon started hitting and in a short time the Kingani" which at first had not been able to use her gun, as it would not fire astern, was Undly hit.

The captain was killed, the gun pul qut of netion, and some of the crew jumped overboard. The ac- linn was short and to the point.

Fires soon broke out on board and in less than a quarter of an hour the Kingani stopped and the engineer who was now in com- mand surrendered the ship, which was brought as near the harbour ay possible and beached in a sink- int condition.

Misfortune now overtook one of Simson's ships, as the Toutou sank in a heavy storm-though as he had the Fin, this was not. so rerious as it might have been.

Later she was repaired and added to the British Fleel as H.M.S. Fifa great asset as she had a 12- pounder gun mounted in her.

Eventually the Mimi closed to 4.000 yard and with the FIA n little farther off, the two put shot after shot into the German, hit- ting her in the engine-room and setting the ship on fire..

The Germans fought gallantly on t their riip sank by the bows, with her colour silti fying. Twenty of the crew were taken prisoners.

There now remained only two German shilpa on the inland sea.

One was a small fast motorboat, which was sighted one day by

·Simson's fleel, and the commander at once ran her aground and set fire to her; the other was the Graf von Gotzen, a large ship of 050 tons.

Although she carried more gums than either of the other ships which had fought, her captain decided not to face an action and to sink her,

Simson's work was done, the Impossible had been achieved, the lake was clear of the enemy, and another page of adventure, and endurance, combined with two successful naval nctions, had been added to our history,

ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.49 metros (9,520 kilo-cycles) Ital Lorenzo & Toby Gray,

From the Studio

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.c's and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. a 8-11 p.m. on 0.52 m.c's, per

econd.

12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- ccasion.

12.30 Tina Rossi (Tenor) and the Orchestre Mascotte.

1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Iteport.

1.03 Bobby

Breen and Wilfred

Thomas in Variety.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements. Debussy 1.45 Compositions of The Children's Corner Suite, Waiter (Plano); Nuit D'Etolles, Glescking (Plano Helene Ludolph (Soprano) with

Piano and Organ accomp.; Suite, Symphony

Polite

Orchestra conduct- ed by Piero Coppola. - 2,15 Close down.

5.45 StudioChildren's Hour, 6.45 Closing local Stock Quotations, 0.47 A Spanish Programme 7.17 Ravel-Sonatine For Plano.

Alfred

Cortot

7.30 London

8.0

Local

News,

Report and AAA Weather

8.03

Studio Concert by Inf Lorenzo (Jazz Plano) and Toby Gray (Accordeon and Plane).—1. Two Medley-F. R. Jones, Hal D. R Toby Gray: 2 Lorenzo ond

2. Plano Solo (a) Don't worry about me, (b) Our Love, (e) And the Angels Sing. Hal Lorenzo; 3. Accordeon Mixture No 5, Toby Gray, 4, Piano Solo Bluc

Orchids, (Concluding with Two Planos playing Over the Rainbow), with Toby Gray: 5. Hal Lorenzo Accordeon and Piano-(a) Ain't sho Sweet, (b) Chloe, (e) I'm sorry for myself, Toby Gray and Hal Lorenzo; 6. Plano Swing Medley, (a) Lime- house Blues, (b) Wabash Blues, (c) Farewell Blues, Hal Lorenzo; 7. Two Pianos Secret Rag (arr. Lorenzo and Gray), Hal Lorenzo and Toby, Gray.

8.30 Regimental Band of HEL Coldstream

Guarda-Martial Moments, Wee Macgregor Patrol, Policeman's Holiday-One-Step,

8.45 BB.C. Recording"The Old Contemptibles" Part 2-The Record of the British Expeditionary Force from Mons to Ypres, between August and November, 1914, by Beatrix Brice. Produced by Felix Felton and Vel Gielgud.

9.15 London Relay-News Sum- mary. 9.30

London Relay_"Vivo L France."The sixth of a series on the Life of the French Army and People.

9.45 French Songs by Albert Pro- Jean and Charles Trenet.

the

10.0 London Relay "From Front Bench."-Talk by Lord Zet- land on India.

10.15 Dance Music,

11.0 Close down.

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REPORT

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un-

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