There was a time in Shanghai when people began to look a little askance at the propriety of sending money out of this needy city even for such a great object as the Limbless Sailors and Soldiers Fund. Most tragically now, however, has the Fund stepped back into its own. It by giving ourselves the trouble of going through our boxes and wardrobes, or by {lightening our houses of unwanted articles we can make it possible to [send another substantial donation home to the Fund from Shanghai as a result of the rummage sale to be held at the Union Church Hall on June 20 we shall be doing a well worth "bit." Parcels may be left
Hal from now on at the Union Church Boris Karloff Explanation of Mr. William Pratt's Screen Name I have been asked to explain how the little-known British film acter, William Pratt, brother of Sir John Pratt, director of Britain's Far Eastern propaganda, of whom I wrote yesterday, became Boris Karloff. says a writer in the "Evening Standard."
I offer the explanation made on Mr. Pratt's behalf soon after he became a star.
According to this, the maiden name of the mother of Sir John Pratt, Mr. William Pratt and of six other bri thers, was Karloff, Her grandfather's christian name was Boris. Mr. William Pratt combined the two.
'A disappointingly simple solution, I fear, for those who sensed something sinister.
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