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o THUIGS” ' I ! •


qVlEER iFEASTINGj FESTiy L ON' PENDLieSIDEi t t


HUMOROUS CEREMONIAL


15TWEEN 70 and 80 ,b Working I Men’s )


Lanl ifoijd, with visitors,


ic i oiciubl [Barrow- froni , Aocrlngton,


^mbers of the


jClitherod, Chatburn; CMne and jPadlham, 'took p a r ; on Sunday:InNick ;q” rhung’s


i Chlfaty,’ an-open-alr f^stlval-wnlch, for .■ over half a century,, h ^ been observed i oi^toie fitst Sunday In Jllay.


| | I The cMebratlons, ,as iisuaj, took place ■


'•■on[!the idwer sloues of Pfendle HU,li on the i Rittingtbn side.! l Diiflng theiaiternoon a ; stqrm bijoke over the! district, dnving the ! company in a bar^iat More Close Farm, ! whbre they jiltssed tlie time In Mnglng to I 'th« 'acdompanlment of musical Instru-


jm hts brought byj club members: _ nrtuna'tel 'y ‘


___ ji fliie i dhiiier, i t which '


aer fayoq 'red the iy conEjumed 701b


j -ofilamb and pork chops and Efteak; 251b i of Sausages; 241b. 'of;dripping; a quantity io f ham; 30 dozeil teacakes; 201b of i'ipo ,ktoes; 201b.if oiilons;; and 110 eggs._ !ji 'lihe ineal concluded Mth the famous I 'ipu idinfe of freshly ’gatheted nettles, other l ipf redlents being 11b,| ofl batmeal, i; pmatods, chopped onions and bread, and ! i b^VeCh 60 and 70 eggs. | The cooks were I 'MeMrs. F. Foster,'G. j'nilotdon andJ.


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Among those who took part; were Mr. HEq'old Horsfieid;


Prirnd.!


i' 'M 1 I : '. i| one


pf


I anii !:*M


i - the oldest


trustees of the l im b Club, who attended for* the thirtieth year in succe^lon. Mr. Albert Patterson, president of the charity, ’ Mr. T. CunUflfe, secretary, carried put ijpr angements. •


“ YANKEE TOM.V !!: as i jit' iw the lium b s ,’’ camel


is miscajlled by many, “ Nick o’ to


title!: “ Nici; jo’i Thung’s,” or applied: to the


i custom no pnei appears to i know. Its


I mok; ardent adherents!: caii.;throw no l ig h t on the'matter."^ All they know is


: tha!t the foijinder of the” Charity ’’ was ' Toibl: Roblii^n, a descerldaiit; of an old Bpiirowfordi^famlly, whp went;out to


America, arid on'his retjum w p known I


: as ’? America Tom ’’ or “ ^ankeiTom.’’ •Sphie of the older villagers have stil


liy^y recollections, o ’ tills! dark- featured man with jet black hair anc aii'junfailing sense of humour, j He is


reputed to have possessed great physical strpiigth, and’ an enormous appetite. A locaij rhyme about him runs thiiis:


' ■ Ff before, 'j He’s never a for morel


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”rnough to repletion he hap cined full but he has room


, Np charity iniheordln,ary sensfe of t! woijc. is associated with pie event. Ite


.foumer appears to have] been coMumed mere ly by a deslr; to wejlcpme thej coming of 1 May by ; (some forin of putdobt


'celebration, j ■' |1 ! ” " , A)i one time; the occasion was markpe.


In a FINDS


if


a good dial of humorous ceremonial, : its earlier days, one iwlshlng to, take


piri! had tel qualify b y , passing certain tepts;. one oil which was to repeat un-


lidsitatlngly the following tongue-twister: j 1


“ Thimblerig Thlstleth^alte thievishly


thought to I thrive through thick and iffin by throwing his; .thimbles about; but [ he was 'thwarted and thwacked, thumped and thrashed by 30,000, thistles thorns for thievishly thinking to ihrive through thick and thin by throw-


Ing his thlnibles 'about.”’ . Failure to [repeat the.sentence perfectly hVolved payment of a fine.


NO “ SWANK.”


,i Another Strange rltiial was associated pith; any victor who .chanced to put on, y, new suit for the occasion. He was bsked to make some monetary cohtribu- lon,: the penalty of refusal being thei rgndlng of I his new suit with the hot >wl; of a pipe, and his' expulsion from


Nick o’ Thjmg’s Charity.” | All this has gone with the passing of


the years, and the event is now merely a picnic, with a gargantuan feast, which remains as Popular as ever.


' In jthe old days,' “ American Tom,” who


jls stated to have been as fond of frogs lanid [snails [as of fish,[didthe cooking ’for his guests. On one occasion he went| out with his fishing rod, but


•instead of returning with the expected trout, he brought | back a couple of large frogs, which wentlnto the stewpot. ! ' Today the iiooks are specially appointed


by! a -sub-committee :of the Lamb Club, who are ; responsible for the arrangements. Years: ago i t was the custom for dach guest to take a pound of nieat, a pound of sausage, or a pound; of something else, as his contribution to the itaeal. Ias a rhyme on “ America Tom's ” picnic puts it:—j


' I ’lvee score or more to see the Yankee cook.


Assembles! by the brink of Brogden I Brook]


:


Each brings some bread, beef steak ! or. mutton chop,;


At Yankee’s feet their contributions ■ j drop. J . '


This arraiige'ment, however, did not


always work out satisfactorily; Defaulters crept; in, so th a t ; ijowadays the.club is responsible for supplying the provisions, and I members, pay half-a-crown each towards.thecpst. ■: The Charity’’ is ppen to members of affiliated clubs,, aiid ip fact to everyone who villi pay the! price, ' ; In '‘ America Tom’s!’ days the proceed­ ings usually concluded 'with the singing of th e ' “ Gijisies’ j Glee,” which! he led. Nowadays community singing is Indulged in after the meal.j.


Name A GOOD DEAL


roiV often,' one wonjders, hive the ■ -frA Fe(a)thei-ston(e)haughs wrltied whetf


T'etherstonhaw, Farishaw;,, Peesoiihay or aceefetonhaw. ■ Sonidwhere: in these four strife is the one they favoured, but actually all [four are ■ correct.' Iti: depends which branch of the family I is concerned.


they! have heard! BB.G. jahnounters and others variously pronoiip‘


ce thei: nanle


Enrilsh have issuCd “ Broadcast English Vn, RfeSmendatlons to Announcers regarding


itie B.B.C Advisory Committee on Spoken


i namfe and tides,” which bravely tackles the ' tormous problem. I.


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the'pronounciatioi of sonie British famUy '


’ ciibed by ProfessorA. Lloyd James, Professor ‘ of II Phonetics at the Uniyenslty of London. ItsI ilnfonnatioh':1ms beem gathered; overi a


prilod of years by!the B.B.C. Some is the m W of actual 'Criticism of pronunciations, Eomd is the result of appeals for b^omatWn, and tehie is the result of an article in The


r ; R^lp'Times." ! :” ■ ! ’ | j i all names checked.;


■blit io pronunciation, has been recorded that hL hot been checked by reference to someone bearing' the name ,in question. ^


■Jt Is not claimed ithat the [list! is exhaustive, ■: -


isU j th e booklet; i"who can pronounce,ct)r- rfetly—whatever i that , may mean—all our


1‘There is probably nobody in these islands, ' ,t ! . , [ | „


•liimlly names and titles; : nor is any single individual ever likely to be called upon [to .ifedertake the task. .


: I "But. just as'the prin.ted foms of thdse .■nsunes appear abundantlri for one reason .or another, in the Kess, so their spoken foms


•ippear .in the:;butlnd work of the BB.C. ■wheh we see them in'our papers we icad thenl,.as a rule in sUence. ja mercUul sUenw


ihatl serves to (-cover up, a|l traces ignorance. But an announcer has no sUch


■ : Ftetuge; he must'take his courage in both 'lands, and speak aloUd what lies hamle^ly I


■bn toe printed page before him.


Shone exchanges in distant parts of the country get busy and bellSjring in Broadcast­ ing House,


' “And’woe betide him, if [he trips up ! Let him but mispronounce one, single name, then


NAIHeS OF IMPORTANCE.


* “ H it happens to be a name of some portonce. and particularly if it happens td meSof thpse real British; enigmas toat amohgpur few remaining sources of natt


pride, then storms of other kinds break, gRTHDAY S!lr


(cnal md


Tt^ booklet has been co] ected and traps-,


clouds! laden with venom burst upon his ,un- happyihead.


to anger and slower still to action. But there is one insult which even tfie dullest wltted or slowest blooded of us cannot endure in silence: whateyer men may say of our char­ acter, [oUr reputation, pur bank balance or what hot, they inusj respect our name, which must;never be spoken unless it is ‘correctly’ pronounced.


no rain dared 'spedk their names aloud on pain !of death; ! many; of our ancient—and indeed modem—families appear to ! be descendants of these Celestial beings.” ,


" It :is said of the -Emperors of China that | !( . . ; ;■ A FEW EXAMPLES.


unexpected number i f varied pronounola- tions. Greenhoiigh, for instance, can be pro^ nounced GretooS; [ Greenho, , Greenhow, Greenhuff, or Greenuff, some of which may come as a surprise Cven to a Greenhough. Alleyne, which Jmlghc seem , capable of only, Allayni has alsd got Alleen and Allen. Even Ayers has alterhatives—Airz or Ay-erze—and Cecil has Sesselll (when used in connection with the Marquess of Exeter) as well as Slssil (when; used in Connection with the Marquess of Salisbury).!


Some'of the names given in the list have an


Cheyne can’be Chayny or ;Chayn or Cheen. : The:Coulsohs thp Coulters and the Cour-:


Boutflower hqs Bpflower or Booflower, and i|


taulfe: provide i idee little specimen of the traps Of English pronunciation. Coulson is Kosoni Ckmlter ls[ Koolter or Kolter, and:


be spoken at .Bethi Deeth, Dee-ath, or Dee-;| aath. Devereui rtms it close with Dewera;; Deweroo, Dewfepoks, and Deverecks. French: pronunciation liae gone overboard there, and] it goes again iplLe Mesurier which is prdi: nounced Le Meph-erer!.


Courtauld is Kawytbld'or Kawrto. ' Death is uneiqiidtedly tricky, too. It can


Mplyneux follows' suit with Mulllnewks,'i Molilnewks, Milliin'ew and Mollinew.


/


which’will pfobahly leave a few arguments unsettled.


Raledlgh givbs'us Rawly, Raaly and Rally, , j|


i ONE ! SAVING GRACE. JIAX MILLER COMEDY AT WH,.ILLEY.I


mHE Mauchj twins, those two we] -••! film stars, whose.amaziig resej to'each other b w brought then screi


are the stars of “ Penrod’s, Dpublb sparkling ce medy which


entertaipment value, is being shown blarice ;of the despair of theij- parents and alike and [their minutes of rea:


in this ’torills.


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langudge whibhj appears from the booklefryfwe have r o names.beginnlng with X.


There is one ;;aving grace about the British | '.j


to be a matter of almost more difdculty than finding out pronunciations has been to depide when a name I is British oy not, and it adds that no adjective covers the range of nUmes included in the booklet.! ' . .


The booklet remarks that what has proved I: ‘


characters evejr created - by [the] la to-Edgar Wallace, “Mr.j-Evans,: the bqokmaler,” has come to life .oq the esreen, MaxikMer, the famous Cockney comedian, plbys ithb part to perfection and "Thank Evansj” which is being shown 'at the end of nqxt week, is really splendid [comedy. Romtoce ii cleverly Introduced and the picture: prorides enter­ tainment to. suit all tastes.


One of


Which is slmt ly packed with the' most populat add amusing


;'ter! portrayal -rieb will revel


id re:a d


John’s MotheiB’ Unioti, a’ Jutobte sale held In the'school Ifet Friday evening Ire ilised £5.


collections at St. John’s Churih were for the oiganist’s saiaiy fund.' The Vicar [preached in the morning and afternoon, andi the ReV. Mark's,


FOR ORGANIST FUND,—Last


J. 1 S; Leathetoarrow,'! Vicar ofi S Bolton, in the] evening;


& BIRTHDAY GIFTS Advertiser


The Mumbles Pier Bill passed! its third & Times Office


reading in the House of Lords. Anagedafid geherally inaudible earl asks us to yefute the suggestion that he is the peer referred to


JUMBLE S^E,—Arranged by the - St.


Wallace Beery gives another.. srilUant! chan Those'whoi lov! adventure st film,


heads a


A:flrst class drama, "Port:6fiSeven!Seas’.’ will be shown a,t the beginning of


many Cscapadi hearty comei


next week! last and


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this week-end.' Th > resem-j twins' to..^ eaqh ofhe r : is the school teachef s pilov de sbety


____ hab fiist class This anustog picture


known iblance 1 fame; rouble,’!


“ we are a phlegmatic race it is said; slow I, i; ' king lane PICTUI.E HALL '“TOO


ground for the; new Clark Gabh-Myrha Loy picture, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayers “[too Hot to


rescue ,of . an American flier god by natives to the. South J and a pitched battle betweei police and a. notorious tAo-giin gangster barricaded in a| tenement flat with a “tommy- gun.” Miss Loy’s role is that of a cqurageous flyer wfio first' meets Gable when [to: crashes her plane while landing,in China, From Shanghai ruins, the - actlor swings swiftly across the Pacific to bustling New|Yprk, then to the serenity: of a Pennsyhania farnr and finally into the Amazon jungles to teScue Miss Loy’s brother, ja missing aviator- Walter Pidgeoii plays toe role of C able’s rival for news shots and:. Miss Loy’s affections, Walter Connolly is seen as Gable’s bfes [and Leo Carrillo has the role of the star’^ soundman. 1 The picture was directed by JMk Conway who! filmed the successfulA Yant at'pxford.”


a round-the-world flight, thi mystery munition ship, the di


lappeararice and leldlas a white! merlcaa jungles' the l ew York


suspense, deligmful | comedy ’ and! vitty dia­ logue, -deals vfito-a reporte - who achieves notoriety as the result ’of a murdfe story he sends in^to his paper before the actual! crime is committed, i , .


comfortable cofeeqUences for Ulmj out, for-^ innately, he'jis.able to prove'm alibi, i The gang of erooks qoncerned, how-:ver],ale of the opinion that either-he must pssseis amazing foresight or elsp hC knows too muon; and they decide he vyould be better put pf the way. Their attentions cause the repertep tc become front-p.age news: himself, but iq thC cm, with the help of: hi^ wife, he is instrumental in bto^ging- the crooks to; justice. | lafry K. Bahies appears! as itha reporter and Valerie Hobson hai; the] role of’his wife, and accord­ ing to ail indications they will prpvje to be one of the most popular screen romantic .teams yet seen to British pictures.


As may be (imagined, tht> prod ices un­ , | |


epic of a hunting expedition in ,o the Malayan jungle. It cont8|lns some of the mokt ^mazing shots of 'wild btoste to their natlvel haunts ever filmed, grandly beautiful t 'oploal scenery an absorbing itory, and deughtful comedy relief supplied! by- the ami sing aiitics of young animals.! The wCU-choten past, which is headed by Colin Tapley- anc Jayne Regan, includes Miebio Ito, Herbert Dc Souza, Claude. King, William I Stack,; Ivan Simplon, and large numbers of natives' and anjmils. Ail give excelient accounts of then selves, and the animals prove dneei again that they are ex­


Also on the skme programn e isj “ Booloo ” j | tremely gopd ac|ors[ ; " ■ 1 !'


Walter ' Wagner’s, (“ Algiers” .which' is pre­ sented bn Thursday,- Oppbslti hito .are two of' HolIywbdd'S ’


HANDSCME Charles Boyer hqs liid most


.THRILlJs 'IN '“ALGIERS.” j , romantic I role as a.loveble fumtive in


"Moko, devil-mby-care ( intenatiofia . | Jewel thief, who takes -refuge jfn m the French police by living in the Casbah, the inysterlous native quarter bf Algiers where thb'iliw dare not Intriide. , 'Ho-w Pepe le Moko mles as king> idol of thelstrangCi exotic wome i of the quarter, commander of toe men, afidjbeloved by everyone fop his handsom:,.si^tog face and high, adventurous heart. 'Then me day there strolls into the Casbih, a Beautiful Parisian tourist,! named: Gaby--pla^K by the alluring Viennese actress,’Hedj Larfiair.' This is the day for which Slimane suq-vel provin­ cial detective, hbs been patlentoe walqng. For he knows that if nothing elsi caji lure the great lover out'of the ICasbali and :nto the hands of the law, perhaps a wbmah can. Pepe and,Gaby fall madly in love ard after a series of exciting and romantic adv-mtulrea in the the jealous native aw-iethearti ends on!


Sigrid Gurie: ai^d Hedy Lamarr. !“ .MgierS” casts the;dark-eyed screen lorer as Bepe le


fnest glamorous neiycbmeijs,


coUrse of which betrays Pepe' to a breathtaking surprise climax who made aitri irapharit film Adventures, of Marco Polo,' Pepe’s beautiful and Wildly jeabus Sweetheart,:


the police, thb stofy Slgrl 1 Gurie,


[debut :h'“ The! is- seen as lnes,;


K.‘ Barnes and Valerie Hobson in jthe princi­ pal! parts, Paramount’s new British release “ This Man I s ; News ” will be 'shown' on Monday. ThC Imposing cait alto Includes Alastair Sim, J'ohn Warwick Gahy Marsh, Edward Lexy, | James ! PlrHb and Kenneth Buckley, while David MacDor aid directed. The story, packed tight with actloi:,’ thrills,


NEWSPAPER MURDER HIYgTERY. A - NOVEL! and' tremendousjy exciting


newspaper murder myi tery [with Bany


Handle,” which is-screened fids jiveek-end. ' They includejthe aerial boiblng Pf Shang­ hai, the crash of a famed ariatrlx’sjpiane on explosion of a


'p'TVE major thrills. renJlnlsceritj of-five 'great news events, provide the back­


HOT TO HINDLE.” ■ ■


I, i THE PALLADIUM, FAST ACTION THRELLEB.


- Garth’s brother, Bruce (Robert Paige), ta- rojls as a Department of Justice investigator, and is detailed to track down the charity racket. Bbth brothers are in- love with Marjory Drake (Jacqueline Wells),-attractive socialite, who is grateful to Garth for print­ ing and' handling advertising for the grqmme of a bazaar. She Introduces Garth to otqer 'social leaders with, pet charities, nqt realizing that Garth’s salesmen sell ,the pyo- gramme advertisements for flye times toe rate set by, charity. Events move sydftly and Brjuce confronts his 'brother..with evidence pe has secured! .concerning his shady! dealings; buy hesitates to. arrest him, . The[ dramatio end of toe| film is well paced jand'wbu directed. Excellent: performances! are coh- tributed by Don Terry and Robert Paige abd the lovely Jacqueline Wells, as the girlj whom, bQ|h brothere are in-love with.'-'' ! .'., I; -


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■ Based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s advep- ture story of! the Scottish revolt against the privations imposed on them by Englbnd after the union, "Kidnapped” tells how; a-boy Is caritured by the rebel, Alan Breck, when,the Kmg’s Tax Collector is shot dead by one of hisj men, an [Incident witnessed by! toe bob. Hej is taken by Breok to the house of Nell MacDonald Whose lovely daughter,'[Jean; ] engaged' to the man who did the ,tobotin| The latter, his life in danger, had refused leave Scotland unless Jean came with h: Btbck and Jean are at once attracted to eacjh other. 'When they board a boat] to take thepi to Glasgow where Jean’s flancC awair her, they find on board the boy who had bee kidnapped atithe orders of his rascally uiicl! Brack’s identity is discovered, but; the two lovers and the boy make good their escape, Brdck is arrested on landing, tried and sentenced to death, and it is the boy[si plead­ ing: and insistence that Breck’s only |“crime|” wfe his love for Scotland that frees the rebi Alfred Worker directed and Kenneth Mi goiyan was associate producer.


i - : - ■IHE ’’DEAD END” KIDS AGAIN.


the| Warner. Bros, picture which: opens o] Thursday contains a powerful indlctlnent -i unthlnkmg brutal, out-moded( .methods dealing with juvenile'crime, so. prevalent one! time in' America..The'storyj,cent: aro|md a gang of a half-dozen youngsters an I East Side district-of New York, wh spurred on fiy a junk dealer, launch ipi pet|.y thievery!. They are sent to a fefonni tory where the officials are political Crobl who make money out of tehool contracts fol loo^, clothihgi etc., hold the boys, under, rigir discipline like adult criiWnals, and toake in­ attempt to Ihouloate any of the ephics- 'o) right living. Conditions, however, become public scandal and- the governor of the stai appoints a! trained social-worker to [invest! gate.. Humphrey Bogart plays thq role' o| the! investigator, and the sbt’New York-bo] actors who; became famous for their actini in the stage and screen versions o^ 1‘Deai End,” the Pulitzer Prize play, comprise fh' youngsters of the gang. Remarkably! thie-jte life; performances by the sbe boys have! muo! to, do. with making ttie production botolehtei tainlng' and- mbvlng. • Lew Seller, the pteecto! evidently knew just when to let the boys taki the! bit in theb: teeth and when to hold then back. That he was a good choice for! dlrecto: is proven by the picture itself, and therefo: it is not surprising to learn thal; he spent hi oWh'boyhopd Hn an environment similar: ti toe! home neighbourhood of the'-boy! charac tore in the:picture, i ■ ’ 11 ! ’


RIALTO, BLACItBURK


'ijmE! " THERE GOES MY HEART.’’


in' [“There Gdes My Heart’’ at the'Rlam this week-end.' !'Virginia: is a madiap heiress whb . tries to I run out oa her fortilne.las Maich, a reporter, tries to run out oh his boss, Virginia gives; up her yacht for a job in i bargain basement pnd finds a new I would. Then into her[ life comes the roving reporter, Patsy Kelly, i Alan Mowbray and -Nanej Cafroll head a!- strong supporting cast.,! ‘(Mountains; O’ Moume,” a typical Irisl.


. ■ : - | . , ' : j ; MELODIES OF STRAUSS. I | .


based, on the; life of Johann Strauss, re­ creates the romance of: old Vienna jat th: Rialto;: where 1 It is playing. next week, witl Lulre Rainer]! Fernand Gravet and! Milizi Kprjus, new opera star discovery, headli _ elaborate cast;: The, story-deals with the lif| and loves pf Btrauss, played by GUayet, hi wife, Poldi, played by Miss Rainer,’ an(i thfe opera singer with whom he was infatuatbd, enbeted by Mme. Korjus, who sings !" Tale fWm the Vlenh’a Woods” and other,hauntlnt


Sttauss songs in' spectacular presenlatloi The Imperial'Opera, the: palace of Empen


Franz Josef, -Vienna during the revolutloL, the Vienna Woods, are elaborate details, in thb picture A- flO-plece symphony orchestr^ accompanies the beautiful Viennese singer iq opera and other musical sequences. Miss Rainer' is tremendously appealing and rlsi to'great dramatic heights in scenes with hi riyal for the - composer’s love. Miss, Korjus


is I beautiful, has a flair for comedy - and k glamour personified - as Carla Dpnner, th


'opera singer.,j [ j : - ' I, I GOVERNMENT SLUM CLEARANCE;


' - More than a thousand people are still being moved from the slums every day. The Gov­


ernment subsidies for the clearance and dis­ placement ofi slum homes, are expected: tjo amount to £3,850,000 a-year spread: over [a


pbriod of 40 -years. ThC' whole of this stn- pendous sum—totalling £154,000,(100-rls ea” marked for slum clearance; it .viUI,|bf course, go to; the-assistance.of the-payment of an economic rent long after the slums have been cleared, i That task is already more than


hall completed. :' . i ■ _ r. ‘ 11 . . -. i


’ ’I ri\HE GREAT WALTZ,” Metro-Goldwyh • I -*-■ Maycrls'glamorous!: musical !dramii


JDRIC I MARCH and Virginia; Brbc^' romp through the merrlestladvehtufes


(SOMETIMES amusing, sometlmek tragii and always exciting, “Crime pchooll”


porting Warner Baxteri Freddle Bqrtholombw.- and the. sensational new discovery, lArleen -.-elan. -In' prominent: roles are C. Aubrey, Smith, Reginald Owen, John, Carradind, Nigel Bruce, Miles' filander, Ralph .Forbes, i H. B. Warner, Arthur Hohl, E.-E. Clive,!Halliwell Hobbes and Montagu Love


Monday.has a,magnificeptleast sup­


that’s exactly what happens in thb Columbia picture of that name, presented on iThursday. Fqr those, who like entertainment bf the fast- action, thrill variety this film is' one, which sltould not be missed. The story relates bow Garth (Don Terry), who owns a prlntto§ estoblishmbnt and poses as a business re­ search- expert, actudlly supervises iseveto! rafckbts, operating by means of higtopressure telephoning'soliciting.


I'IXTTIEN' G-MEN STEP IN” you ban * » expect plenty bf excitement, and


‘fWBiXE BANNERS” AT THE GRAND,


‘f 'White Banners,” also adapted from a fest- selUng novel by Lloyd C. Douglas is shown this week-end. It is a moving story, enter­ taining and full idealistic [fervour so chatac-, teristio of Douglas’s work. .1,


' Obsession” and! "Green Light,”


i The film version begins [ with the entrance of Hannah Parmalee, the house-to-hbuse mercliant of kitchen knives, into the house- bold of Paul Wdrd, small-to-oi school teacher and amateur Inventor, several months after a second daughter was bom to the teacher am^ his wife. tVith Mrs, Ward in poor health, Hannah is taken into the household in jhe ostensible role of servant, but with her quiet cbmpetence and sympathetic nature she is soon virtually directing the affairs of the Ward home. The chief roles are taken] by Claud Rains, as Paul Ward, school teacher apd amateur Inventor, around whose hoilse- hold the storyfcentres .and Fay Bainterj as H ^ a h ’ Parmalee, the! humble pedlar] of kitchen knives, who keeps her white bankers in face of setbacks. In the supporting cast ate Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Henry O’Neill,: James Stephenson and J. Farrell MacDonald. Edmund Goulding, who directed, njust hnve been largely tesponsible for the unifonply excellent performance of the cast.


I MEN AGAINST DISEASE.


'to L !sYE’gENSON’to '“KipNAlpPED.’' ' EIDNAPPED,” which will be shown on;


the Grand on Monday! It is the story of the battle against; fhe dreaded yellow fever ’whlbb cut men down more rapidly and with less mbrcy than' enemy bullets, Lewis Stone,' veteran of the screen and of three wars, too,- appears as -Major Reed,' chief of the Army . Cdmmission which goes down into the jungles of} Cuba to fight' the plague. Reed became convinced that yellow fever sprang from the sting: of a jungle mosquito. Authorities lalighed at him. But he persisted stubbornly in! his theory and at Ibngth five soldiers v6l- unteered to subject themselves to the-stiiig. If |lt brought death, Reed would be vindicated and his fight against the disease would be cariled on. If they lived, then no harm would beidone,


hfeb excelled. So Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has based a great motion pietpre of the Amerlcfei stage success, '‘YelloW Jack," on this thetee. With, -Robert Montgomery as Sergeant O’Hara and Vbrgblia Bruce , as the nurse he loves, the ■


wlaely-heralded picture comes jto- ; ’ |


shdws these heroic men in the dramatic period when they were locked In isolated shacks, yictiibs of the mosquito with the deddly sting, “Yellow Jack” Is a picture that will thrill you and stir your heart with the power of its drama and romance, '


j


and Hardy , in “ Laughing. Gravy ” and Walt Diteey’silatest “Mickey’s Parrot.” I ■ I


Also qn the same programme are Laurel j'


I' : AFTER THE WAR.


’ ■


crowd. Returning from a night club Erich finds! Patricia - asleep on his doorstep. He offersi to take her home,' but she tells nim that thisi is hdw her home. I They marry and go to the I seaslae


beedme staunch friends to fight the future together. Owners of a small repair shop; they build a fast racing car and during an Impromptu race [they meet Patricia,- com-i panlon of the driver of, the other car, with whom'Eric falls-In love. Koster and Lepz urgd Paticla to marry Erich but. she refuses because she has | tuberculosis. : Meanwhile. Lenz becomes a member of a patriotic group organised to restore the land to its former; gre4uess. - Political troubles become more; equent and the' three comrades suffer a- iridus- financial i loss when a taxicab they] had! purchased


Sullivan' “ Three Comrades ” which is screened on Thursday, is a powerful drama of folio Kos


STARRING Robert Taylor, Pranchot


conditions in Germany in the yearq wing the wai’. Erich Lohkamp, Otto ;er and Goffrled Lenz survive the war and


Tone, Robert Young and Margaref; is wrecked by


Patricia !coIIapsesland Dr. Jaffe a noted sub-! geonj is rushed by Koster to her bedside In, his car. She is advised to enter a sanltorluin-| befotejwlnter conies. On their way back from the


on. theto honeymoon.


finally Koster kills him., At ’ the sanltorium Pntrieia! must.: uildergo a serious operation


lapses in his arms.' " It is r ght for me to die, darling,'.when I am so full nf 'n™.-'.’ nrP'beT


to wave to him. a burden


Patricia ’is warned that if she stirs'from her bed within two weeks It will mean her death. In tlie absence' of Erich, and rather than be irden to him she struggles to the window (He races back and she col-


and Erich Is worried about lack of funds and Otto [sells the tiding next to his heart, *hls racing car.


'The operation Is performed and him


last words. The supporting best that has ever been essembled and in­ cludes such names as Guy Kibbee, Lionel Atwlli, Henry Hull,' Chari Monty Woolley.- -j


it Grapewin and


stoly. Is screened oh the same programme, with Rene Ray, Jerry Vemo and Neall Mac- Grinnls in the’leads.


HOMING. RACE FROM HEREFORD,


Waite, 1244; J. Wilson, Bros.; 1233; J. Addison,


CHATBUEN P.C.—H. I


1227;] J. WUson,il224; W Speak, 1203, 1195;[ Wignal


1228; W. Waite, Waite, 1218; G.'. and Jeffs, 1150. i


plgate, 1255; W.' 1237; Atkinson


more In' keeping tvltl: charin of the debutante.


the youthful For the very


blonile,: a deep 'hlue sapphire motif In the form of a how and invisibly set In platinum-can be placed to the centre of the bandeau. - For, ^ 6 brunette, two thin [rows: of beautifully matched pearls are fixed round the outer edge of a tiny! band of brilliants.


’ ] ' j CALED-ONIA ,'DANCES.


-brilliant yet held. ’The spectacle of the colourful uniforms of the various regi­ ments always attracts visitors,- and par- tlculilrly Americans, who would other­ wise inever get-such an opportunity of seeing the glitter and brilliance of a scene-which might have come from the daysl of “Congress- Dances!’ In a 1939 setting. The early , part of the ball is to be broadcast this year and the com­ mentator-wi l l be the Honourable ^Igadler-General J. K. Belth, Q.B.E., M.C.KIan Hay)


! (Continued from column 7).:


mecca of London’s Scotsmen- on May; 26th,i promises to be one-of the most


This year’s Royal Caledonian Ball^


killed whilst emerging fronl a besieged ware-]: house.


isanltorium ' Otto "They search for the assassin and: One - dayl and Erich see Lenz! an angry [That, briefly, is the story. The picture IN -tlje! BRanish-[American '.War there was! ^ ■ a brand of heroism then that has neijer A- (GLORIOUS successor to "Magnificent


standard. they reached last year, dnd new players; both men and women, are putting in an appearance, who are full of promise, and showing sigils that a world title may ' duced at no' distant date.


bje pr |)ro-


COUN'TY GHASIPIONSHIPS i IVILMOTT CUP.!


AND , YprkBhlre won; the' northern section of


■ In the flnai of .'the ’.Wllmbtt Cup compfel-, tibn Manchester [beat London by 8-1' Mter defeating Liverpool in the semi-final by;64. London’s serti-final victims were Brlstil 'who lost 5T. The final took place at Bristol, [and Ken Stanley [played better, than ever in -this vital round, so that Manchester walked ' ‘ in comfort against 'the southern team,


county championships, and Warwlcksiiire Midland section.; The play-off is flited to-night at Matlock Town Hall. '


ENGLISH RANKINGS.


London: 6, Ken-lstanley, Manchester; Fllby, Lbndoni‘(he is the famous


tennis star): | 8, E. Hardman, Sheffield, RUBBLESDALE BANKINGS


terestlng, not to [sby controversial, and th®t is the main reason-why I fight shy ofithbm, but since ratings for this winter standbdta mile I do not I mind being committed to specific, opinions. The English men’s'list Is guided by :Swathling"' Chip - selections; isind results and i s t , H. Lurie, Manchester,' 2, J. K. Hyde, Liverpool; 3, E. Bubley, L'ondqn; M. B. W. Bergl, Harro[w; 5, H.' '


Rankings and rankmg lists are always —


hjami in-


Rose,- lawn


Gamete, G.,; Tayjor, 'Whallfe Hons.; (Jim Taylor, Whalley Church; Maurice Hudson, Chatbum; A.’ Briggs; Wballey Hhurch; ;Eric Martin, , Whalley i Cons., and Dion Dawbon ■Whalley Church." . , :


i - - ; ■:


Burnley; : ,3; C.' Brunton,-Burnley; !4, lE. Dmsdale, • Nelson;,. 5, T. -Taylor, Accrington Works; 6, H. ^jreenwood, Rlbblesdale; ( 7,


NORTH EAST LANCS. BANKING^! 1, Alan Matson, Nelson; 2, T. Alston,


for.personal -ylewS'on'local players.’ The jl [are 1, ’H;' GteenwcHid, 'Whalley Church ; 2,! E. Hodgklnsbn, .Clltheroe . Methodists;- .3, Ken. Sherliker. K.S.C.;! 4. E. V. Bush. K.S.O.: i-5. E. Coates and 6, T. Hudson, dhatbum. Others slightly lower in the list are J, R.-M.


Here are loophples for plenty of brickbats | - .


the’ the 'for


down his bit in' order to take up new occu­ pations fori thej summer itj is tim4 to .tkke stock, to lobk back and see what]the past season has .done -for us, Erom the English' Association comfe the repoft that mbre has been an Inctease of 650 clubs affiliated, onof 25 leagues. iThis has meant a huge! develop­ ment, of the work of the headquarters Staff in dealing with business organisations; print­ ing, staff iduties, . co-operating' With :’the National Fitness campaign, i so much llndeed that it cannot be assessed in the tenns of growth of association membership. English players have raalntaiiied |the


Now every table; tennis fan is ready to lay


C B I T H E K O E


A P V E I ^ T I I ^ E R A N D T IM E S ,


F E E D A Y , M A Y 1 2 , 1 9 3 9 .


'i . .


A B L E Schbnel! -Rlbblesdale.


H. Whitehead and J. Warburton, Rossendaiei Barker, Blackburn;, 10, E. V. Bush;


: ’ » OFFICIALS. -


^ Pleasing to note in the Ribblesdale! Table Tennis Association .is; Uie number of real TOrkers unearthed during the last seasbn TOeleague is remarkably well off for talent m its executive positions, and although ex­ perienced officials have been lost to the sporb newcomere are capable: of guiding the ship succe^ully. The league, has said goodbye to:, Mr. Eric Brooks, an official for nine years. Mr. W. A. Peters, ten years, chairman, has:! relinquished that post, and the best general - secretary pvef in office, Mr. A. D. Smith, has-' given up after two hard seasons. However,: these stalwarts will not be out of touch with ' the association; Mr. Peters having beeni-


Mr. H. Duckworth, the general secretary, with' his assistant Mr. E. V. Bush, as number two, and Mr. W.§:H. Baskerville, number three. There are so many others who merit a special mention that I must ask you to look through


elected: President elect, [and the two others' Vice-Presidents. - Number one amongst fhe newcomeis ranks


goodbye everybody, I’ll be aroUnd again, I.- guess. , ' '


SIB WILLIAM BRASS CUP,


WHALlEY CHURCH v. (3LITHEROE METHODISTS.


1 H. Greenwood ... 0 A; Briggs ............ 0 A. Briggs . . . . . . . . 2 D.Dawson . . . . . . . 2: D„ Dawson' . . , . . . 1 J. Taylor 0 J , Taylor


-. E.iWiikinsori: 2 [ ...... ; ! |H, Monk


. E, Wilkinson 2' E. Hbdgkinson 2:


0 H. Greenwood, A, Briggs


d H. Greenwood, A, Briggs H. Monk, E.


.............


...J A. Canis'.'Ls H. Monk' 2 ’i


0 D.. .Dawson, J. Taylor .. . ' ’ E, Hodgkihsonj A. Cams' ff(


>: D. Dawson, J.:Taylor- ' ! H. Monk, E. Wilkinson' 2


Whalley Church, (2 isets; Clitheroe Meth., 7. CAREY LORD CUP,


6 -Games;!: ' j !


E.\V. Bush K j Sherliker


2 Games- Men, Women and Clothes


Knee-Length Ascot: ■ High Hat-l?in; Pearls: i Beauty in'the Rath


Topics : : Caledonia [ Dances.


-


Women in (Trousers: i Folonaipe- Recruiting Suits:- ; Tiara ;! -


London dress designers busy. Once more knee-length ( skirts will be the;; most popular choice ; silk suits and j en­ sembles, relying for their appeal on simplicity of line and-attention to'l de.- tall; will exfiose at least eighteen Inches of silken leg. ( One little (Jacket dress, picked- for (the Royal enclosure, has , , skirt of- boldly: printed jade hoop-tear- rlngs outlined with diamonds setievenly round the edge, or (a narrow diamond bracelet In la, chain design, the ipanels neatly bandedi together by links ■ of carved jadej Lace'Is another material! that tailors -well.- A navy blue] lace Ascot dress cut on semi-classic llneq and worn over a: shiny, white satin slip looks crisp and smart. - Two heavy g'old tllps, one; studded ■with amethysts and] the other containing a tiny jewelled I watch, are worn atithe throat to give the [folds of lace a square-necked effect.


Ascot fashions are already kee^ilng HIGH HAT-Pm.


, Hat-plris toe very much: In the jibws. Modern hats required something piore original than a tight piece of elastic or (ribbon to (keep them: In place, and jewelled hat-pins cah be found In many new deslgn'q to.sult the craziest hats 'of the season.! One attractive model has gold leaves (stitched to a foundation of crimson taffeta. An eight-inch il hat­ pin stuck through the crown strikes an unusual note by having a tiny Arum Uly In real gold (fixed at the end. The petals -are flat and In a paler shade of! gold i.hnn the Centre : the stamens io| tiny rubles are (massed together likeibril­ liants. Another design of hat-pip pas a humming bird perched:on theiihead of the pin in diamonds and pearrshaped aquamarines. T h i s Is for: wearing! on a glazed straw hat with two large (doVes’ (wings fixed on one side. '. n i i i


WOMEN IN TROUSERS.! I i Smart women this summer will jbe


spending ai great deal of their time I In trousers—there are .trousers for. golf, for the beach,-for yachting, and for Informal tennis parties. The newest designs are found In thick velvet - cords and strliied flannel materials. Immaculately tailored and worn jwith an Eton jacket!or a rough jersey blouse. Smart trousers for cocktail and evening wear are madeiJn grosgraln aind uncrushable linen. IWlth' these should , be worn flat-heeled: kid sandals'strapped to the foot with aigally coloured ribbon bow. -


i| 1 ’ i fGLONAISE -PEABLSlj j-i '


! The polonaise silhouette Is the latest idea ini evening fashions. Emphtols Is l£dd on (tlie back of the dress In the|fonh


of tucks, ruchlng and tiny gathers from the waist downwards.' Necklines are - high and , worn with a delicate piece of Jewellery, usually pearls. A i gllm-flttlng dinner dress In supple mauVe crepe has three ropes Of.reM pearls round the neck ,’ fastened In ’front with a heart-shaped clasp ’ to ' tiny sapphires and brilliants; ' Sleeves are tight and worn three-quarter ‘ length,-undeh gloves- that reach almost ,! to .the elbowj A small pearl (dip Is often - fixed to the end of the glove or-worn : like a cameo’ brooch at the throat;:


BEAUTY IN THE BATH. A new' idea In bath , caps solves the i


'enormous “mammy” bow. ;,It Is found In a variety of stripes and checks, or In plain colours to match bathroon) |;ll.es or ( tone, with’the colour of the h a i r . ,


, RECRUITING su n s ! Tailors are expecting a big;rush of


business when the first members of the - new “ Civilian Army” pass through their training.. For suits which fit before the three months period! of training In the ; Militia are not expected to do so when ' the recruit emerges, plus something on ; his chest measurement and . standing slightly higher to his socks.; That this i effect Is to be expected Is almost certain; i a similar result has already been notice-; able In other branches of National Service. A ' story was recently: told of the man - who telephoned his . tailor in -a hurry and asked for^a suit to , be mfiSe for him exactly like*the last. The suit was-made to his Instructions, but somehow tuijied out differently. I t transpired that since being measured for his last suit the . customer had Joined ■the Auxiliary Fire Brigade and they had itaken three Inchds off his waistline and put It on hlk qhest.


TIARA TOPICS,


Jewels worn for, the opening of , the Royal Opera season at Covent Garden this year. Most women chose a gown that was simple to line and colour. In order that nothing might detract from the splendour of the jewels In-the hair,. One of the newest designs In tiaras was In rubles and emerald-cut diamonds, - and wak more like a wreath than a tiara for It’was only slightly raised In front.; 'The rubles formed delicately-carved flowers like a row of deep red polyanthus - rqund the crown and looked magnificent ■ with a dress of .ruby velvet ■ cut on


Tiaras, were again the keynote of the


Empire lines. ; BANDEAUX 'FOR DEBS,


woman,' a slender bandeau o.f baguette dlaihonds threaded through.the hair is


■While the tiara Is for the sophisticated : ' (Continued foot of colunm 5). - i


problem of looking decorative In” th e ; bath; and keeping obstinate curls at the nape of the neck completely dry. , It is made of. “ lUuslon,” silk—a new fabric as ,, fine and transparent as crepe de chine but absolutely waterproof—and the cap Is fastened together In front-wlth an


I Games 20' •. v:l E. Hodgkbison, A.'Carusi 2-,


' ' -A.! Cams! 2 V Wlikihson' 2- ,'


the list of the managejnent. - Tliere you’il-see-• the names of thote to whom you'should be ' : grateful. So, until next season, “.Schonell”!’ bids you adieu. He hopes to .officiate In this'' column as usual next winter, when he expects ’ to report Ion the continued success of the ! sport of table' temiis in general; and the Rib- blesdale Association in : particular. Well,


I ’ii


E.iV.'Bubh, K; Sherliker ( ' ' : J. IE. Coates, M. Gamete 3-


Games 7


______ M. Gamete 2 ' ........ J; E CoatCs 2


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