The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 13, 1931, Page 3

VIKING CHORUS 4 YEARS AGO HAD ONLY 7 VOIGES Normanna Singers, Who Will Be Here Saturday, Now Number 40 The Narmanna Male Chorus which will present a concert in Ju- neau next Saturday evening in the Coliseum theatre, was organized in Ketchikan four years ago Wwith a membership of seven. It has since grown to its present organization of 40 members. It is expected that about 35 of its regular members including members of the chorus and soloists, will be able to appear in its first Juneau concert this week. This chorus is affiliated with the Naticnal Federation of Music Clubs Its large repertoire consists of se- lections in the English and Scan- dinavian languages. Officers of Chorus The oficers of the chorus are Charles Homan, director; Hjalmar Hansen, assistant director; John A. Johnson, president; Leif A. Berg- lund, vice president; Gust Olsen, sacretary; John Berglund, treasurer; Pete Bringsli, marshal, and Frod Strom, librarian. The members of the chorus who are expected in Juneau Saturday are: First Tenors — Ed Sande, Pete Bringsli, L. Erwik, Ole Nelsen, Ar- neld Strand, Ole Gjendum, Thor- leif Thorsen, L. Soholt, Jr., R. Ham- mer and Ben Olsen. Second Tenors Second Tenors—J. A. Johnson, Paul Hanson, P. Sater, Ole Sater, L. Lind, H. P. Hansen, H. Grenaa, | A. Wold, R. Strand. First Basses—Fred Strom, neth Carlson, John Berglund, John Erwik, J. Aus, Lars Blendheim. Second Basses are Einar Olcen, Leif Berglund, Ed Johnson, L. Wick, Gust Olsen, H. P. Peterson, Cecn- rad Hansen, and L. Kildal. e SHRINERS ATTENTION Annual Election of Officers of Juneau Shrine Club, Masonic Tem- ple, Wednesday evening 7:30 p.m. sharp. All Nobles urged to attend. By order of President. J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. B Second Hand Guns Bought and Sold New Guns and Ammunition —adv. ( | SEE BIG VAN | THE GUN MAN |. Opposite Coliseum Theitre 1 | | [ | WATCH for the Re-Opening Date OF Palace Theatre THIS WEEK Prettiest Theatre in Alaska Contest for new name will be open to all until opening day. Ken-! Sad Is Plight of Divorce-Mill Orphans. Careless and Chronic Tendency of Parents to Break Up Home Through the Divorce Court Brings Clouds to Otherwise THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 13, 1931. Smiling Childhood Days. | Me g MRs. BEDFORD JONES By ALICE ALDEN NEW YORK, van. 13—Through the jubilant laughwer oi parents who have obtained their freedom via the divorce court the sounds the undertone of the sobs of the pitiful bewildered little orphans of | the divorce mill. This is the age in which child raising, child rearing, child cave and education have reached un- dreamed of summit of perfection But this is, too, the age of easy divorce and wrecked homes strewn with the wreckage of young lives lives that are only too often used 2s weapons by irate humans in their fight against each other. The child of divorce is the most pa- thetic child in the world, what. ever the financial status of its | perents, for js not the little one generally deprived of his father or his mother; making it often neces- sary to learn to care for a new papa or a new mama while its lit- tle heart is pining for the real parent and the old home that was home for the child despite the differendes of the parents. Not Happy Everybody thought that Barthelmess and his wife, the dainty dancer, Mary Hay, were divinely happy. They both seemed enraptured with tiny little Mary, their daughter, and, even when a rift was rumored, friends thought that the baby would prove too strong a link to break. They were divorced when the baby was only three years old, but still old enough to love both its father and mother. The court awarded the child to each parent for six months at a time. But Dick has married again and so has Mary. Dick and his new wife are so devoted to the child. The last visit paid by bab)y Mary had gone beyond the stipu- lated term and Mary Hay, who is now married to Vivian Bath and has & two-year-old boy by this marriage, has had to serve her former husband with a writ of habeas corpus in order to have the child for Christmas. Little Mary loves California and is a tremend- ous pet of the whole film colony and her host of friends were heart- broken to see her go East. Talk It Over 1t would be enlightening to those parents who think of them- selves before their offspring if they could sit down and have a talk with the three little Bedford-Jonecs children, Helen, Henry and Nancy. Their mother and their father, who is Henry Bedford-Jones, the well- known fiction writer, parted ou Christmas Day in 1928. Since then the Bedford-Jones youngsters have led a hectic life. They are award- ed to the mother and Bedford- Jones agreed to pay his ex-wifg $77,000 at the rate of $800 month- ly together with $200 extra each month for the support of the chil- dren. But when he arrived to take his children for a Western trip, he found them far from well dress- ed. He says that he had to out- fit them for the trip and that they were of the idea that their father had murderous designs on them. They had a marvelous Lime Dick in California and didn't wani to] return home, But the father ad- hered to the terms of the court award and sent them home to their mother. Henry Bedfor-Jones was mar- ried recently to Mrs. Mary Ber- nardin, a wealthy widow. But his new-found happiness was disturb- ed by the news that his daughter, Nancy, had been sent to the Guard- ian Home because of hystesieal outbursts. The child was also suf- fering from curvature of the spine. BARTHELMES'S anz DAUGHTER as iocked out | of punishmei.t girl was being strangers ‘Then the starfed suit fo The boy, he fotind, evenings as a s and the othrr spanked by indigr father recover the children. While the case was pending, the childr clinched mat by running aw to the hotel where they beli their father was living. In court the girls said that they didn’t care for their mother any more but the boy thought that he still cared. Last month, young Henry Bed- ford Jones, after having been crit-| ically ill, was recuperating at a re sort in Indiana, when his fa swooped down and carried the bo off to the coast in a high-powered | car. And so now the court battle: are on again with the little Bed-| ford-Jones as the bone of conten- tion. And so it goes with the countless little children of divorce all over the countr | —_——————— Deep Study of Dry Laws Soon to Be Told v/ . . In Commission Report| va (Continued from Page One) | g Epwm ABBOTT > Tue BEDFORD-JONES CHIVDREN o | Marye | Hay QJOSEPH and ™\ i1l In Honolulu SR SR S A | | | dialogue 'pxn',ulc of artists, together with a| Ipicture fan. | |there | Twelvetrees, Carle, Marie Astaire, Russell Pow- |Lillian Leighton, Spec lmy Aubrey. {COOD PROGRAM GIVEN Associated Pross Photo | Janet Gaynor, film actress, is con | lescing in Honolulu §xom an open | ion for appendicitic, OLD MINSTELS STRUT AGAIN IN 'GRANDPARADE Songs, Jokes and ‘Dances Feature Coliseum’s Picture Tonight How many of the younger pic-| ture fans of today have scen that gorgeous and glamorous pageantry in the world of entertainment—a black-face minstrel show? They are| few indeed and so it is a matter of ion that Pathe has brought the screen an honest to good- ness minstrel show in the dramatic preduction “The " Grand Parad which will be seen tonight at the iseum theatre. The highlights of music, ; all sound and all picture = embrace songs, jokes, dancing, music and a grlnd‘ the all jd ap) ntly beautiful story that will | with powerful effect to every Real and Vital Story The story of “The Grand Parade” is real and, vital. It deals with a singer who is constantly g his craving for drink. He falls in love with a beautiful wan- ton who encourages his weakness until he finds himself in the gut-| ter. Then a slavey comes to care| for him and makes & man of him.| This accomplished, the other| weman again appears and to save! himself the minstrel marries the| slavey. But blow after blow al.rik(-si the adoring wife until finally—| well, there comes an amazing cli-| max that will leave spectators| breathless. | Back of the tense action is the; music, verve and merriment of the| minstrel show—played at a tempo| | which accentuates the drama until the climax is reached. Old-Time Minstrels Those who remember Dockstad: and Al G. Field minstrel sho ill Tecognize many old-time black face artists in this picture. A great | cast of singers and actors with ac- | tual minstrel experience was assem |bled. The leading roles are fillzd| by players whose youth and good- looks are complemented with broad experience and highly trained voice |Two songs that doubtless will cause {a stir, are sung These are “Molly “Moanin’ for You” Then| is another “You Left M Alone in the Rain,” which is llk[‘ly\‘ to be sung or hummed everywhere cnce “The Grand Parade” is intro- duced to the screen. Included in the cast are Helen Fred Scott, Richard and ell, Bud Jamieson, Jimmy Adams, | O’Donnell, Sam Blum, Tom Malone and Jim- AT PUPILS’ RECITAL Intermediate - and Junior grade | plapoforte . pupils of Mrs. Pearl | Burford gave a recital Friday ev- the interest of promoting observ-| ance of and respect for law the na- tional prohibition law may well be strengthened and its effectiveness to increased in these important par-|m ticulars.” |to During its long delving into pro- hibition the commission has amas- which have marked the closing days sed the greatest volume of material!of sver assembled dealing directly with|tion deliberation, there has been {apparent unanimity on one point— | Jane Blomgren, the this subject. Mass of Testimony In addition to the mass of ex-|th pert verbal testimony given before| it, dealing with every phase of the|o question, and the voluminous re- ports of special investigators, the to commission’s statements and official documents|d from governors, attorney generals,|thi judges, and police chiefs from every i th: |part of the Unied States. ‘ own private pursuits and desire the library now holds|quay Difficult To Agree | Then there has been the struggie | get the 11 highly individual| inds of the commission to agree one program. Even before the long arguments| this much-publicized prohibi- commissioners of | eir job. They want more time for their| are weary ve peace that is expect ail at commission head- once the report has begn | ered from their own hands to ose of the man who set them| eir task—President Hoover, | | Late, Yet Just in Time Little 8-year-old Mary Hay Barthelmess, daughter of Rich- ard Barthelmess, screen notable, and his divorced wife, Mary Hay, stage and screen star, arrives in New York late for Christmas | | } with her dancing mother, but just in time to save her screen father from being in contempt of court under divorce custudy orders, | Orson. | Naughton and Mrs. Burford. | —Leota Harris. | Go Lucky, | Stewart. |ening in her studio on Gold Belt Avenue. The program follows: Menuet, 2 pianos, Diabelli—Jane | Elilott and Mrs. Burford. On the Ice at Sweet Briar, 2| plangs—Emily Dalton and Mrs. Burford. Zonina, Anthony—Shirley Dalton. Granda’s Polka, trio for two/ pianos—Mary Jean McNaughton, Mrs. Burford. Spanish Shawl, Bixby—Frances Busy Bee, 3 pianos — Elizabeth Stewart, Jane Blomgren, Mrs. Bur- ford. Dance of the Gypsy Children, Landler, 2 pianos—Mary Jean Mec- Menuet, Bach; Legend, Ketterer Happy Elizabeth Rondaletto, Beethoven; Lemont — Barcaralle, Bergmuller; Crooning Song, Adair—Jane Blomgren. Scarf Dance, Chaminade—Louise Tanner. Palonaise, Beethoven, 3 pianos— Lenore Anderson, Rosa Danner, Carol Robertson, Apnabell Simpson. Aide Ballet, Ritter—Inga Lind- strom. Spanish Dance, N. Louise Wright, ) Zacs 0o . Pedestal One-Day ALARM CLOCKS in PASTEL COLORS . ... The Latest Stem shut-off Convex Glass 5150 each Juneau Drug Company Free Delivesy Phone 83 Post Ol’lfi_e Substation 1 Of Course W here Sound Sounds Best COLISEUM 30 TONIGHT 9:30 Jeautiful Story of Old-Time Minstrelsy A Gripping Love Romance of a ALL MUSIC - ALL LITTLE STORIES Littlo Stans 00 DIANE'_ SEABY’ Because she was swimmer and diver, blonde and 17, became lady in musical comedy. A year 280 she spent most of her hours in the water. One ddy a preducer watched her graceful springs from the diving board. He decided she would be a good dancer, and signed her for the chorus of his new show. Miss Seaby also can sing, so she was made un- derstudy for the leading role “Flying High.” Then the leading woman left the an excelient Diana Seaby, a leading ped into the part. 2 pianos — Rosa Danner, Lenore Anderson. Tagantille, Nollet — Doris Free- burger. Anitras Dance, Grieg—Jean An- derson. Jennesse, Simpson. Naivete, Jackson—Lenore Ander- son. Waltz No. 4, Chopin—Rosa Dan- ner. Waltz No. 14, Chopin; Schezino, McDowell—Carol Robertson. -eo — PIONEERS’ NOTICE Manney Annabell to attend the funeral of our late brother, I. J. Sharick. JOHN T. SPIOKETT, President. —adv. Singing Minstrel Twelvetrees and Fre d SCOlt Pathe ®Picture SOUND -'ALL DIALOG i WITH THE MERRIMAKERS Wednesday Night, January 14th A. B. 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