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FOUR-
-
SHIPBOARD
SHOW
GETS
BIG
HAND
I
Versatile
Entertainers
Give
Per-
!
formmte
en
Britain'-Horrid
1
Troopship.
'
(Smee
the
war
started,
half
"ia-mniiwn
Canadian
fn
the'
foVtM
hare
journeyed
0
Brit-
'
"
afn
under
a
cloak
of
censor-
'Mp
refutations.
Tim
story
1
-
tells
the
folk
at
home-
mnr
the"
boys
and
girl
spend"
their"
time
at
sea
and
maintain
their"
Interest
rn
everyday
IJrrnf.
The
reporter
(stone
deaf),
writes
about
a
ship"
concert
the
first
he
attended
ht
2d
;
years;
best
he
em
htar'd.
By
CHARLES
BRUCE
Canadian
Press
Staff
Wrtfef
,
ABOARD
A
BR
rrADf-BOUND
TROOPSHIP.
April
22,
0
TW
,
.
jconcert
star
came
onstage
In
a
,
;
ffloor-length
gown
of
cinnamon
red.
bowed
to
polite
applauses
and
followed
the
piano
bit?
v
1-Ciribiribhi."
It
might
hare
.-"
.been
Carnegie
Hall,
but
there'
..
were
differences.
'
1
The
stage
brushed
by
fee
-star's
gown
was
a
hatch-covef
.
.
alaid
on
trestles.
The
andifor
him
f.
f
was
the
mafcj
mess
ha3
of
a
troopship,
and
the
audience
were
young
Canadians,
Britons,
Australians
and
New
Zeahmders
in
kfcaki
and
true.
The
note
cf
'CoMin'
Thro'
The
Rye
and
.Sjjectheart"
were
oddly
ac.-eonspanied
by
the
creak
of
a,
tJftp
shouldering
Into
Atlantic'
.
m
-we!l.
The
concert
star
was
Ishbe)
;
Mjl!
of
Heitna,
a
iyric
scpiartf
j-pt
international
reputation.
Ehi
rS
new
S0"
Officer
Mutch
me
rcax.
(Women
s
Div
ision,
said
happened
to
be
rrik-
n
the
:rtp
on
this
particular'
h
o
to
.
ssMme
her
job
m
Brit-
UM&l"
Cf
sirtftef?
at
R.C.A.F.
anil
r
Sk-A-f
-
atatkms.
However,
this
is
net
Miss
utch's
"Io:t."
It
b'reatlv
the
ii$ry
afji'mujeft
of
youngster
who-must
hare
been
somewhat
btped
by
speeding
their
time
In
trte
troopship
hammocks,
at
the
mess-hall
tables
and
purtchln?.
ta.'h
other
rCgo
daily
in
thtii
!
lffc-prrterj
during
thtli.
''hcuts
on
the
open
decks.
They
got
together
and
produced
i
ship
Concert.
It
started
when
Lieut.
Phlt
''Hooper
of
Ottawa
wenf
invest!-1
gating
what
was
being
provldeiJ
.in
the
way
of
entertainmenf
The
orderly
rooin
promptly
appointed
him
entettainment
of-
ri?r
and
left
it
op
io
hinv
He
proved
a
good
talent
scout.
The
shrw
went
on
five
times
so
thaf
..every
one
aboard
had
a
Chafice1
to
see
it.
,
Plenty
of
Talent
Miss
Mutch
shared
stardom
with
LAC.
Hugo
Linden,
formerly
a
violinist
with
the
London
Philharmonic.
The
things
he
did
with
"Hungarian
Dance,"
-S-.nts
My
ilother
Taught
lit
teas
"The
Canary.''
had
the
boys
povndsng
the
tables.
Bat
the
amateurs
came
hvfor
their
share
of
applause,
6gts,
Merrill
Bowea
of
Halifax,
Joe
Czmfbtl
of
Montreal,
Jot
Ut-W4i3-n
of
firdner.
NB-
and
LAC.
BM
V.Trftt
of
Derbyshire
did
a'
.piee
swing
job
with
gutafJ'i&Ht
totdimn.
harmonica
znd
vote
on
Ntoaoty
Town."
"Fire
Fett
Two
1
ZXva
fl
Bme,
and
other
od
izivTtoe.
And
AC1.
Lferi
8tan
til
Wi
St.
Clair
Are
V?est
-
-Toronto,
was
a
hH
with
his
I
'.
$awailan
guitsr
.
ypcaiiiU
ol
more
than
ordln-.
ary
ability
included
LAC,
Emryn
.11
ohs,
a
Welsh
tenor
and
tmt-'
time
tl-tster
at
Port
TaJbtf
o
sang
ScoULrh
and
Irtfli
medleys,
and
LAC.
Colin
Cutb
bert.
once
a
shop-keeper
at
Margate,
?an
eifectlve
baritone
who
sana;
"Wandering
the
King's
(Higtray,"
"God
Keep
You
In
My
7Prayer,"
and
"Old
Man
River."
"Theie
was
variety,
too.
One
of
the
most
popular
turns
was
"a
card-trick
program
by
MaJ.
Morris
of
Owen
Sound,
Ont.,
a
riedlcal
officer.
KWONG
SANG
IIINO
HOP
KEE
CHOP
SUEY
HOUSE
12
7Hi
AVEv
WEST
(Next
to
King
Tal)
All
your
patronage
treic6mc
Open
9
p.m.
to
12
pirn
Tuesday.lO
p.m.
to
il
pJn'.
Outside
Orders
from
2
pia,
0
12
pjn.
Phcne
Ited
217
r
Yr
3m
THE
DAILY
KEWS
JL
.is
14
.
.
V
if
you
mm
me
war
fs
ok
...
TAKE
A
TRIP
OVER
BERLII
Jnrt
rMa
ybe
.i
the,
war
docs
look
good
from
a
distance;
from
a
comfortable
well-paid
job
from
a
warm,
well-lighted
home
.
.
.
Oh,
sure,
we'll
win
the
war
in
M4
.
.
.
nothing
can
stop
us
now!
i?
?
'BufeheVTenemy
who
man
the
flak
batteries
orf:the
Uhter
Den
Linden
don't
seem
to
have
heard
about
it
.
.
.
They
still
have
plenty
of
shells
to
fire,
plenty
of
searchlights
to
oper-
ate
.
.
.
And
they
still
make
plenty
of
hits.
Ask
any
Lancaster
Pilot
as
he
rolls
his
flak-riddled
bomber
to
a
stop
while
the
ambu
VICTOR"
BUY
lance
screams
up
to
take
away
his
wounded
..
What
was
the
score
for
last
night?
79
28
...
36
planes
lost.
Those
figures
weren't
yards
gained
at
a
football
game,
or
minutes
of
overtime
in
a
hockey
match.
Each
one
of
those
planes
held
eight
or
nine
lads
who
won't
come
back
.
.
.
The
war
is
ended
for
them.
If
you
think
the
warYcnded
for
you,
take
a
trip
over
Berlin
.
.
.
Or
ask
a
Lancaster
Pilflt
.
.
.
He'll
tell
you
"Sure
it's
all
over
.
.
All
over
but
the
fighting
.
.
"
f.
t.
CTORY
BOND
NAIrONAt
WA
W