Two places of entertainment are joining the ranks of those resuming business, one tentatively, the other it is hoped definitely. The Cathay Theatre, which has been redecorated in the closure period, is delighting its patrons by screening the film version of Stanley Weyman's famous novel "Under the Red Robe." In the boyhood of many a venerable Shanghailander that romance was on what the adver-risers call the "must" list. Nowadays the rising generation may well be recommended to read Stanley Weyman for he laid the foundations on which Rafael Sabatini has so well built. The only doubts ever felt about him by the fourth form was due to the fact that pedagogic approval tended to suggest that his historical facts were more correctly set out than by some of his contemporaries. This raised the suspicion thst Mr. Weyman was a wolf in sheep's clothing but noone who settled down to his pages could hai hour that unworthy apprehension for a moment. It will be interesting to see what the film pr ducer has done to his masterpiece. Judging from London reports the verdict will be favourable, The Nanking Theatre is breaking the ice by entertaining the Municipal Orchestra which is giving a concert in aid of the refugee funds, Mr, E. F. Harris vouches in a letter elsewhere for the excellence of the concert. All proceeds will go to the fund as there are no expenses, thanks to the generosity of the Theatre management and other supporters. The Orchestra for its own sake will surely attract a full house on the occasion.
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