The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1929, Page 3

< - — - o s S | DS TING [ B8 horee bt uton M| N 1 B g A 7 \ cheap biographies. Wins Music Prize !; i . _§. : WERE FEW LAST YEAR. | .. iwas ., .. : : = TONIGHT = V Y . vy, A The year 1928 has probably no | B E E g 7 | more distinguished books to show | |1E El g PAILLACE Two Shows | VAN DOREN DECLARES!, i an aviows susiey's | ——— ] £ N B g b | 5 “Point Counter Point” and Her-| = = : H gl B man Melville's “Shorter Novels.” | E LAST TIMES TONIGHT E £ E' By CARL VAN DOREN |prove that the sood and great|The frst of 'h‘r‘“‘j"r“:“lim",? v E— - = = —OVERTURE—— S| (Author, Editor and Critic) |were not what they had long|® €' the most “mo i Ig ™a ; J g £ v E OVER Z| NEW YORK — The year 1?-2\‘!1.«(“‘ thought. No doubt Lytton|d an s n-;n n“;le:»rl(‘-:in’t:‘ g IT'S 4 SHOW OF LAUGHS = g Q J = on the whole not been so|Strachey set the fashion with his|® 1p of characters Whc 4 & ¥ s E PALACE ORCHESTRA Elhtiicing s-1927 1o <bs oitber] R AR A torisas" - giidl s :;.)'v“ Js known u H;‘e mho::'em:r‘()l‘—} E AND HOW E z “SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS” =;np‘m1’;“v’ : 1 11;)!y:‘,1\x\.! flnit:l:'l‘x‘?oh'r‘n:’])k Quec nA\‘lr‘t(?rn g o b it E !‘! H and “STUDENT PRINCE” = swopt- the WA o m“{m\_‘ . “Fictionized Bioeranhy” themsclves and their fates. It is| = g £ Special Selections Elso that all of th o matter |, But wherecs Btrachey was real- |almost a complete mirror of ad-| 1= H £ : Z | Fhat their cagiohem, 1o matterly learned in the subjects which|vanced opinion and behavior in| 12 " = =|:\ ‘m( their ordinary tastes, have|pe chose and t1-ote with the B Drosent Tven whvn mm‘r; 1= § 5 S E‘r: 5‘(‘1 0 I to |~v|‘<1”1[ “th(‘)"::ru:nvs! precision, he has been|pers change, as they pres“mu,,]yi = 2 = s Deliciously and Adorably gimnd “Trades ll‘lv\lv‘:‘:x 0 The :‘1;\1“1::.‘»(:[‘111_\4“ writers who have) will, this bock will remain a bril-| E n P IE = - = # 5 PE Nara 5 requently known little and writ-|jaint ture.of s o life | = =5 e S| Nbr has there been any strik-|ten loosely. All that many of ‘Iy;”:m' ,“,““:’rx ;l.‘:(.r:fs:\g( s EE 12 H H public taste whichhem have really tried to catch| Melville's “Shorter Novels,” on | £ |E B £ observed. A few|from him was his irony, and that|the other hand, weére all written it I = =i however, do appear to|they have frequently turned into[many vears ago and in a sense H H h = = place and the year!tiresome sarcasm cor conventional |pel R 2 =z H =|1928 has carried them along. One|eynicism 1on@% | belong to mo . particular time Themas Grisselle of New York, = |E g Elof these char not yet. very| .The publeation of anothar|lrncver The discovery Of one winner:of, $10,000 prize In contest |3 & £ E|ear along, 1s tn the fashion of{badic by Lybteh Strachey; “Hilaatily, 7. AnESIMECHENEARUE of | ohahi to. Mperican composers fofS E H = | biography beth and E: ought o CRIIE " Others| MGELGEN regarded as| ghe pest short musical composition | = = £ -1 the past elght or ten years|the SHHSH BE ght to call limportant facts in the history of jn the modern spirit. = = = = s ko ; vears ix.n attention of the public to the Hetion But these particular = I H |21l sorts of writers, no matter greatest difference between the|ghort novels are interesting with- 5 £ = heir special gifts »r prep-|work of the m and A, o Yo Y H E 9 » = S|aration, have besn! ‘scampering|lowers. Thste are alroady slgnd] o, crorence ito thegsge which Banker 3 2 H H £ 1 veie g I . A already signs|produced the Hile entenc = = i £ Z|through history looking for com-|that the dreadful type of \\'ri[in;: f’,‘,:‘[f,“, ‘l,-'[“.‘m or gt ed = = 3 H Z|spictious figures about whom they |known as “ficticnized biography”| o | = E 3 ] £|could write books which would|is passing out of favor. It Passing of Shaw = £ ’ o E = = - s . Bty year 1928, which saw the| = = £ and Stan Laurel § T et IE £ E H ‘(! i l“m' N ‘ . "‘l '"" |I p ly the dramatic end of an 1= £ H ] 2r e . = o 2l hdh A1 b §/l|era of English literature, has H E ? = lUlth Olll‘(’r H(lr(IV g1 S€€N comething else not quite sui :E = H £ V E| ] |dramatic or so easy to detect.| 2 2 : = s e INTS ol e e = Py Thot the gradual rise of the) = = i . E in “THE FINISHING TOUCH £ =] | feclin: that George Bernard Shaw | E 2 { £ . B Gt : = ] | i said most of what he had to IS = : = ALL COMEDY SHOW £ ] say and that much of that now ig H = = f== not particular exciting. = g | = et IR T o il e AR s = - s = = = % w himself, having always| = = . = 10—25-—50—Loges 60 cents H b (said e was a teacher first of all, | 1= g £ i G 2ol oty = 3] | will 1ot resret that his principal ] E E & 3 7 ‘s = PRt | lessons have been either learned 3 g . £ Coming Sunday Matinee — GEORGE SID- E HES ] |or clsc decided against by the, £ 2 E = iy is ¥ : H E TV & 37 g : 5 =3 Sy | public It is nevertheless inter- = = 4 H EY and CHARLIE MURRAY in = =fl‘-=- ] |esting to realize that a good| iE H i = Hi=S B I 5 = I = . . = e =@—{ many of Shaw's plays now seem | = = LB “The Llfe Of Rlle 29 o= % hardly more applicable to the | = . = ! = s =74 | present age than do most of = § . =K o A P. J. McGinley, former president z '_:‘ % = ]| Thomas Hardy's early movels. If| Lol ot o e Bank Pres e T Tt e ; O A L L i | of e St Sk et 2 PRICES —10-20-50—Loges 60 conts ____§ 2 T = Sy e ) 3 1 faver, that is only be-| : % | e X i e Sy A = » ) : | II'll Bl C 5= '.“'_“ 8 0 e | three to 15 years in prison for em- | = = old is endeavoring to stop the per. | [ LS ue uan =5 g ‘[’i"_l"'“:)"";l‘yU:f’m';:w':]‘;:,': | bezzlement that led to failure of a = Coming Sunday El & [formance, the tent catches fire, | [FE €5 RYOTRRL o ‘| Yrontenac, Kas, bank. = - g ttractzons |/siein siccorys money is stolen | o] Coffee T T = GLORIA SWANSON in £ jtho ieves. escape, there’s a ] 49c A girl thinks when she marrles| The skirt is Blior £ SeFie 7 9 E [rible fight aboard an abandoncd |G p.. p “him” she'll have a lot of money,|public ean see for itself what kind | S 10 M E At Theatres | thre aro—wat, i aaaion g PerPound .o P By R | LIV B fes the it LA Fine Manners 5 | 2 loy laugns run " t {3 ) nu &= 3 . TEL D fhe owa Sweet Corn 1, i on : o N 1 COLLEEN MOORE IS 7 | 3 e M Siiucoh e sna STl " Noalilm C { s SHOV/ING AT PALACE || SIDNEY AND MURRAY | E TN OB L AR - Lo " IS T L S R S AT PALACE SUNDAY = There a good comedy bill at |, &'= P(,as Festi'v(l the Pa Collean . MOBTR ML R (L A — A 2 l Br(lnll “Na Ni and Stan 5 7 } ;é , o gt Laurel and Oliver H in “The| An unsafe and insane Fourth of | H n with x waa 4 Finishing Touch,” : “recler, all|July was celebrated by George Sid-| gfi A pga with a pea S o fast husivess, Mae Pauly’s orches. Bey and Charlio Murray during the | g flavoy. i R c =< tra gives a special concert featur-|filming of L Rl 7 ) ] P ing “Sunshine and Showers,” and|Which they are cofeatured in a|j gl i R SR R B B 5-./?‘ ® e 5 ' 3 “Student Prince” which went over rictous comedy plot. v C l B 52 g big: last® night, They celebrated Independence | g ornec ee TS fl The world is growing more po-| Day together out of season by | s == N g ¢ £v3 1 t lite, acérding to Colleen Moore, [¥haring the confines of a small| W Number One Tins— L2 whose latest First National pic.|Store building with a carload of | JE8# 9 f EE ture, “Naughty, But Nice,” is the |¢Xploding glant crackers, rockets, | = S0 SR e = % feature and has as its background (Roman candles and all the other|[Fllal 4 : = a fashionable Eastern finishing|P¥rotechnics invented for the youth | F=ggH i 4 s e d school. of the land. | 252 W’ l, Cl aid “The least error in the unwritten| ‘Twas for the camera, of course; | [EF ole ams '_?E i = rules of etiquette as shown on the|0ne of a hundred ingenious thrills | F¥—— 5 — screen is sure to bring hundreds|and comedy elements introduced to | FE#C Tareen Brand—8 ounce = T of letters to the studio” says|make “The Life of Riley,” which|{iggH fingr -2 for oA C g= Miss Moore. “Usually, these let-|is' coming to the Palace Sund == ] ® ters are the result of some de-|one of the most hilarious of the MEHH — — T —— Lo = batable point on which both the|year. E. M. Asher produced the | [N C 0-l S 1= 2 writers and the producers may be |film for First National g5 reme Ul Oap =2 . right.” and William Beaudine direc ] e . i = = B Y 3 E‘—_ The very best social form was plendid comedy characteriza-| =g ¢ I0r .......... = observed in “Naughty But Nice,”|tions are provided for Sidney and -i' R T — LB 5 avé | . because it reflects life in a girls’|Murray, as Police Chief and Fire| =l C l B k- = £} school. Chief respectively, of a small| o=} alumet ba mg 5 Chief in support of (Colleen|town. Myrtle Stedman enacts | F=— — the role of a charming widow to whom they both pay court; Steph- en Carr and June Marlow2 ecarry ton a pretty junior romance; Sam Hardy is a picturesque sh rand villain and Edwards Davis Moore in this comedy, which was produced by John McCormick, ‘¢ Donald Reed, Claude Gillin Hallam Cooley, Kathryn M Edythe Chapman and CI wynne. The scenario is by C Powder 29 1 Pound Tins .. h C Sun Maid Raisins * Wilson. “Ihas an excellent supporting part. ; 258 & T 5 £ : 15 ounce package— =3 . 5t : L AR W ar couiseum || Gridder’s Betrothed |EH Zfor .. = 4?{’_’5‘”‘ . Roa’-””g p [+ ~ - Seeded ] / 7 . Harold Lloyd, the lovable spec- “i z i ”r——— e 4 flgf Qllfl”tltlef Qf‘ ¥ tacled laughster, came to town| last night in “The Kid Brother.” Il §1 :::: @ &£ = ) 5 C?‘h X | b | Coffee at a Time “The Kid Brother” is the sort = ' 2 i — of thing we expect from Lioyd. [ 4 Pound Pail D | |the sure “ffl] that’sh ¢ That is, its very unusualness—of | | == : % plot, gags and action—make it} e C “=‘:__= | I8 ¥ 77 stand out and alone.’In a field as A Bile 2 'E-E w»iy H’l/’ BIUS crowded as it is large, Harold's & P " E SRR - R P d friendly face shines out. Truly S f H i"": oa_"t a fefl) oundas has he been crowned and truly Wl ts remlum am .='__= ¢ 4 does he deserve a scepter as the : P H | 5 . 2 king of comedy. Whole or Half— 3 ;df a Tlme é}/ a ¥ His latest, in which he reteives ;:.';.E‘ Pound ... C z | ¢ p 3 able support from a company. head- V2 - &=| CO”fI”flOflJ lrfl((,’.f.f ed by Jobyna Ralston, Ralph —1 - e ] Yearsley, Eddie Boland and Walter — === | S James, takes place “up in them == Butter — e : 2 thass hUIEA A;‘mgabr_"ld i TR == ~AN you imagine what would happen after you Every bit of the delicious aroma and flavor cre- 4 nge. D iggest ma: | W -1 4 3 2 . v 4 v, f.f:;“fi;:;’: r(:reates Kng chlrnr(‘zter:' = Washington Maid— i_, =) ' had moved the kettle from the fire? Before ated by this exclusive process of Controlled Roast- that - is slightly reminiscent of — Per Pound: ..l & 7 c 3 you could take out all the eggs many would be ing comes to you intact because Hills Bros. Coffee 4 “Grandma's. Boy.” oo s =| over- . Certainly it pays to soff pe ed in vac i i The actual story starts when a You cannot buy better butter at any pricc [Eg#%| Qeplr i IR L t-cook eggs is packed in vacuum. You sense it the ifistant you — - Fadl a few at a time. You have control! open the can. ¢ medicine show comes to town. The ity ; A y whole outfit—strong man, “spicler” P h >3 Hills Bros. control the flavor of their coffec be- Hills Bros. Coffee is drunk X and dancing girl—arrive at Sher-| Floy C. Malcom of Long Beach eacnes "46-‘:‘ th i 6 i B everywhere. ‘Always 3al., will announce her engagemen Lol cause they roast a few pounds at a time by a con- ask for it by name and to be sure—look for 4ff Hickory’s for a permit. With( ) tather’s badge on his chest, Harold | under the soulful appeal of the| tinuous process. Every berry is roasted evenly— the fireb, Hills Bros” to that exact point where matchless uniform flayor famous trade-mark, to Don Williams, University o Southern California football star, it the near future, friends have re ||||"| b, [ Yellow Cling— ’ Perm' ... onl oo c ? vietim of an -inferiority complex, general use it will mean all papers ; a1 ¢ 4 5t . Er‘;le:, fis;ns’i‘{'?ikfi'f"gffimfi'm L it iv4 is assured. No other coffee is roasted this way. on the can. ;i things start humming. Father in- e 4k, T vapaacad ':_:_ H : sists that if Harold had enough|What'll L’rary Digest. Do Then, ¥ ; authority to issue a license, he'll ¥ Poor Thing e 14 y have to make them leave. Harold,| If this teletypesetter comes into ‘ 14 . 4 X ¥ starts off. The laughs do t00, and then will have the same typogra- l ! g they don't start till the final Close'lbhlcsl errors and none of 'em can °m,’ F”k—e'rk fm”"l — m/fl:‘“.. up. {reprint the other’s in the joke Dack—casily opened wil key. But that's mot all! While Har- columns, ¢ |