New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1915, Page 10

- News for T, heatre Goersfl dnd Women Readem “THE STRANGER” A STIRRING PLAY Players RESENT in 3 Acts I. Dazey | ‘Wilton Lackaye hurs. and Sat. 18¢, 200 105, 200, 300, 508 at Crowell's 1369. EY’S IJANUARY 25 Few plays seen on the American stage today stirs the emotions as much as does “The Stranger,” is the present week’s attraction at the Lyceum. one of the strongest plays seen there in a long time, and that is saying a great deal. ' The excellence of the ‘plays offered to the playgoers of New Britain has not been equalled any- where by stock companies. Not only the management presenting the i finest of vehicles but the staging and | presentation by such high class actors ” and actresses is not surpassed in any city having permanent stock organiza- tion To appreciate the excellence of | the company playing at the Lyceum | it is only necessary to attend the pro- | ductions of some other companies. “The Stranger” is a play that grips the interest from the very first speech and holds throughout the entire action. The conclusion of the second act is the .strongest dramatic climax ever given on the stage. There is a striking lesson to be learned from it. ‘Elveryone should make it a point to witness ‘“The Stranger” this week. “The Fox" will be the attraction during the coming week. It is such a i powerful pldy that capacity houses for all the performances will un- dcubtedly prevail. It must be re- niembered that owing to the theater being otherwise in use the Players will ! not be seen in the full number of performances and therefore it will be well to be sure of your seats early. SCENIC THEATER HAS BIG PICTURE Fourteen Girls Week in GIRLS” With Charles Blackwell in the leading role, “The Key to Yesterday,” Charles Nelville Buck’s famous story of intrigue and mystery, will be b SAND shown Friday at the Scenic theater. 3 s Manager Hallaby has decided on a new plan for the conduct of his the- ater and hereafter nothing but the last word in photo-dramas will be shown. The admission price for evenings will be raised to ten cents, the management believing that local picture devotees want the best there is and are willing to pay for it. This new policy will doubtless meet with general favor and will raise the stan- dard of ‘the house and at the same time cause an increase in patronage. Friday’s photo-drama will mark the introduction of special attractions produced by the TFavorite Players Film company. It is a big production and one of gripping dramatic force. The play tells of George Carter, a revolutionist in South America, who is the exact double of Frederick Mars. ton, a famous artist in Paris. Carter is betrayed by a comrade and is sen- tenced to be shot. He takes a des- perate chance and escapes on board a vessel bound for London. In Paris Marston is stabbed by a model because he does not return her love. The wound incapacitates him from painting, and leaves an ugly scar, and he goes to America on a vacation. Highwaymen attack him, iniflcting injuries which cause a total loss of memory. Five years later he falls in love with Duska Filson, a noted beauty, and at a diner given by her he meets the man who oon- demned Carter to death. Robero be- lieves Saxon is Carter and writes Sax- on a letter warning him that if he marries Duska he will have Saxon | extradited to South America ana shot. Robero convinces him that he is Carter and Saxon goes to South America to pay the penalty of the crimes he believes himself guilty of. On the boat he meets Rodman, Car- ter’s betrayer. Duska follows Saxon to South America and learns that Saxon has proven his innocence and departed two days before. She sends him a wireless and he has the ship stopped and lands at Puerto Frio, and learns that the revolution has broken out. In fighting his way through the lines he is shot and is placed on board a vessel bound for France by Rodman. Rodman tells Duska what has occurred and she folows Saxon to France. Saxon’s mind clears and through the medium of the key which fits the lock of his house his identity is clearly established. & CO. Sketch B & CO. Man.” WILSON cast of fav- House Pet- JANE” rom Bret h nmel “Sa- iss.” atest Chapter lOF ELAINE.” suspense, and pretty SONS’ - Hartford Lemon juice is invaluable in re- moving stains resulting from potato paring or fruit picking. First dip the fingers into salt, and then apply the lemon. [Thursday, Jan. 28 ' Saturday HODGE In Home’) in reatest Success His which | In it the management offers | }'Converting Imperfect Babies | Into Normal Ones Is Her Task Dr. Lydia Allen De Vllius Motherhood E The state of New | a comely young woman to help in | regenerating the human race by ‘eding only normal, healthy babies. Dr. Lydia Allen De Vilbiss is voung doctor’s name, and she is some- times called a ‘“consulting expert motherhood.” “My work is not with the sick baby, Fut with the well baby,” Dr. De Vilbiss cxplained: “how to keep baby well Nor is it concerned with the perfect ! baby much as with the imperfect " how - to convert the imperfect baby into a normal one. Ultimate Aim Racce Regeneration, “The ultimate aim, of course. is race regeneration. We must put an end to defective human beings and criminals by stopping breeding them, in the first place, and by making the environment of the human family such that norma human beings Wwill not be turned intc defectives or criminals.” Dr. De Vilbiss had just returned from a tailk before the State Agricul- tural school and was putting her of- fice, at 25 West 45th st., New York in order before starting off to gi another lecture before a socialist club. She talked fast as she worked “This is part of my work,” she went “this going about over the state giving talks. I am beginning at fun- damentdl subjects, such as race hy- giene and I am giving my audiences facts that startle them, to say the least. Yesterday when I told the farmers that the government had ap- propriated millions to make better hogs and cucumbers, and only thou- sands to make better babies, they began to get interested. Of course T bhave different sorts of subjects to suit the different audiences. The Right Inheritance. “] am going to talk this afternoon on ‘Fair Playto the Next Generation.’ You know when we talk of inheri- tance we generally mean the amount of money that parents have left their children. That is the least important part of their inheritance. The most important part is what they gave thes: children when they beget them. “No one questions the right of the child to be well born, yet we permit thousands of children to be born when that qualification is impossible. There are approximately 30,000 known feeble minded in the State of New York, which has a capacity of caring for only 6,000. This means that 24,000 feeble minded individuals are free to mate and bring into the world other defectives. As a matter of fact, the feeble minded, unless restrained or prevented by law, are more prolific than are normal individuals. Solving the Degeneracy Problem. “This enormous stream of feeble mindedness and degeneracy is thus increasing itself and is not only an enormous financial burden to the com- munity, but it is degenerating the race. These defectives filll the almshouses, the jails, the penitentiaries, and re- formatories, Theilr women are prosti- tutes, drunkards and paupers, and bring forth their own kind or off+ spring. It is high timg the state took precautions against the spread of de- generacy.” Dr. De Vilbiss believes that the best method of caring for this class of in- dividuals is segregation for life, where under proper supervision and by man- ual training they may become largely self-supporting. The next best method is sterilization. Under this plan the defectives may be permitted their free- dom, they may marry and establish homes, but the degeneracy would be effectively stopped with their genera- tion. Part of Dr. De Vilbiss’s work is her talks before teachers and parents on the teaching of race hygiene. “The prepetuation of the race is one of the most vital of the human in- stincts,” she said. “Hence it 18 impor- tant that young people be told of this vital human instinct—race prepetua-- tion. It is Important that they be trained in sex hygiene, so that they 'may later understand the necessity of centrol. Any horticulturist krows that if a plant is allowed to bear* fruit or reproduce itself too young it is stunted in growth and can never de- so on, York has called in accomplishing its latest aim— that of | the | | reatiz in{in l i Consulting Expert on ixplains How to Keep the Little Ones, Ultimate Aim Being Regeneration. velop to its fullest capacity. girls are like plants in t is fair play, not people then s but fair play 1he helpless babies they may bring into the world, to heip voung peopl their individual responsit the matter of controlling and recting their impulse It is because she is br and unafraid that Dr. Going much toward race encration. She is gifted with an interesting per serality and has a straight-from-ihe- shoulder manner of telling * people things they should know. Motherhood. “I offended a woman the other day by saying that unwelcome moth Lood was a crime, not only against but against the human De V said. ‘But I fidn’t mind, because I know ier thinking. There is a great ignorance among mothers, Lauses many to deal with, Boy this respect only to the youn De Unwelcome deal and that of the problems we have I am trying first to reach the mothers who are to children, and next the children and teachers of children. In th(‘m lies our hope for a better humanity It is a stupendous task this that the state of New York is undertaking, but with such an able helper as Dr. De Vilbiss it seems that the dream of a race regeneration will be realized at lcast in generations to follow. PAULINE AND BABY SING AT KEENEY'S Pauline Carr and Baby Pauline are among the most popular people on the ! program at Keeney’s this week and at every performance they prove big applause getters. Miss Carr is a comedienne and a singer of ability. She has a most pleasing per- sonality and is captivating in eac number she renders. She has a good singing voice and has numbered among her songs this week some very popular airs. Baby Pauline is a mite of a kiddo. She makes a cute appearance as she sings from one of the boxes and her inimitable ren- dition of “Crooney Melody’ makes a most favorable impression. “Hoity Toity,” the offering of tha Fields Brothers, which tops the pro- gram, is a musical extravaganza in which Weber and Fields made a great success of Broadway a few years ago. It is an excellent comedy with some splendid musical features. The Fields brothers have big opportunities to display their talents as German come- dians and the manner in which they are received indicates that not a single chance to provoke a laugh is allowed to pass. The Three Shaws and the other principals in the com- pany, show up well and there is plenty of life and ginger in the chorus. There are a number of good songs in the plece. Clark and Wilson in their operatic burlesque: “The Shopping Tour,” continue to find favor. They are tal- ented singers and skillful conversa- tionalists. Their burlesque of the “Lucia” sextet is one of the best features of this week’s show. The Two Sandies, Scotch comedians and singers, entertain in most accept- able style and the Alimos do an ac- robatic turn that is very interesting. They have a thrilling loop-the-loop feat as the finale. The motion picture program is changed daily and only first run films are shown. | Fads and Fashtons l old to be dainty Ashes of roses is color ccme back again. are here Choke collars in numerable styles. in- are again in fashion dresses. Tucks in children’s effects are in frui Chenille new idea; among the O HAPPINESS” 25¢ to $1.50; Seats now selling. POLI’SE‘THEATRE All This Weck—Twice Daily THE POLI PLAYERS IN BABY MINE _Prices—DMatinee 10. venings, 10c, 20c AING CHOIR CONCERT | Original Company.) , JANUARY 29th HODIST CHURCH on, 35c. Dickinson Drug Co. 30c, 5 * Qeenic Theatre The only house in Town that has Mirror Glass Curtain. 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No alcohol or injurious drugs. ] A Menua for ']‘omorrowi Breakfast Fruit Sugar and Cream Beef Saratoga Biscuits Lunch Cereal Minced Potatoes Raised Coffee Salmon Cocoa Broiled Smoked Spanish Buns Dinner Mock Turtle Soup Roast Loin of Pork String Beans Brown Turnips Wheat Pudding Soft Sauce Coffee Whole Pi Spanist achio Cakes h Buns—Make a i ful of sugar, one-half of a teaspoonful of salt, and one-half of a yveast cake; tdissolve in warm water, using suf lcient flour to make a drop batter | Beat well and set aside in a warm I place, covered to rise. ~ When light, add one-half of a cupful of butter, four eggs, well heaten teaspoonful each of powdered mon and mace, and one-half of a teaspoonful of cloves. Add flour make a soft dough and knead smooth. Let rise a second time, roll out on a floured board into circles. Put close together a greased pan, cover, and let until very light, then bake fifteen eighteen minutes in a oven Pistachio Cakes with four ounces of granulated sugar till light, then sift in four ounce f floor and one teaspoonful of bakinz powder. Add one teaspoonful pis- tachio extract and divide into but- tered and floured square cake pans. Bake in a moderate oven for twelve or fifteen minutes, then turn out and cook. Cover with white icing. MISS SKIRVIN TO RECEIVE AT POLI'S one cinna- quick Beat up three ¢ The second ‘“get acquainted” mati- nee of the season will be held at Poli’'s theater, Hartford, tomorrow af- ternoon, when Marquerite Skirvin, the leading woman, and John Ellis, will receive. The players are giving an enjoyable presentation of the Margaret Mayo comedy hit, “Baby Mine,” this week. The uniqueness of the theme and the very clever way in which it is de- veloped by the plavers combine to make it a play that will long be re- membered. With a story that shows how a husband may be led lieving that he is the father of trip- lets, when he really isn’t, the author has almost unlimited opportunities for the introduction of bright lines and comical situations. ‘“Baby Mine” will be presented each afternoon and even- ing the rest of the week. Next week the players will be seen in that great western drama, “The Squaw Man,” a play that throbs with the pulsating life of the western re- gions and through it runs a romance that is unique In American produc- tions. “SALOMY JANE” IS COMING TO FOX'S | By arrangements with Liebler com- | pany Williamn Fox presents Beatriz | Michelena, the celebrated prima donna, in “Salomy Jane.,” founded on Paul Armstrong’'s dramatization ofj Bret Harte’s novel, lomy .Innn's! KKiss,” picturized in five big parts with ! a superbh cast, including Tlouse Peters | and Andrew Robson. Cast in the re- habilitated “Days of '49” of the great | gold rush to California, the story of | ‘‘Salomy Jane’ centers around the for- tunes of Salomy Jane Clay and the “Man” who finds in her impulsive love far him the strength with which to es- cape the sternly just vigilantes. The tale is a thrill with the romantic in- | | terest of voung society shaping the | first semblance of order out { of chaotic lawlessn The scene of the play is the historic Hangtown, most notoriously celebrated of the early mining camps the far w A number of side of g interest weave themselves into main warp of the romance. 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THEGAESAR X1sCH STORE 687—-695 MAIN STREET B e “Littie Things Like Good Manners” BY RUTH CAMERON. ‘Little things like good manners, rather sombre eyes. “Little things like little things like success or failure, or The other four women had been taiking lightly and over their teacups when one of them unwittingly lighted t‘onal fuse that exploded this bomb of into the There was no doubting that sincerity. It ly vibrated ed lady's tone. Three of the other four set their teacups surprise and the fourth paused in the act of refilling hers The sombre-eyed lady laughed at the sensation had created, and someone plucked up courage seem strongly, has someone been offending said the lady, “but from personal leck of them means.” All four looked Learning Good Manners By Painful me the last five ™" > my manners will pass muster s ago when 1 was growing up. but they were very plain ‘little things like good r were boorish—far from it. They were kindly and courtepus things, but they simply had never had a chance to learn the ments, anag so they couldn’t teach them to me “When I was sixteen 1 found myself among people to little manners of breeding were ure and who couldn’t help looke ing down on anvone who them 1 asn't quick naturally and for the next learned some of the m painfal Aessons vou ean imagine, “I can't tell you what I suffered in learning what table should use at a big dinner. oung woman with the why don’t you say echoed the good triendship manners, or loneliness conventionslly the convensa- conversation the som- down in unwittingly to feel very v sincerity f in bre thei she to say with bad manners experience 1 know .u you what the incredulous, Experience. “You “and 1 supp or fifteen yea folks in the world, or care much about have known ves she answered that loalky but I'm thinking of ten people were the bds and they didn't knog I don’t mean thegs the big minor refine now My people ners in whom thes } second miste years mad five kes about T w st implements-one * How She Antagonized a Business Friend. T estranged a friend who could soup out of the end of my “I know cause [ ate home. “And 1 lost a good business opporiunity to write a thank note when a business man’s Lome to dinner. I thanked her at the time enjoyed myself, just as we used to do in thought of going home and writing anyone ¥ lack of courtesy in not doing it, but it was clever enough to set her husband against me “Yes, good manners may be a little thing if you as a child, but they're a mighty big and uneomfortable Like mumps and you you take them grown up “I finally in any gaps that experiénce had to fate by giving my children what I missed. I scmething that would make mothers everywhere handicapping their children's future possibilities them “little things like good manners.’ have when much invited donc she for me me, be- spoon to her because T didn’t know enouy wife invited me to th and told her how much I hd the little home town. We nev at note there, and I didn’t made her enemy and P a my them to learn after learn natural! thing hard latel are measles, know, you customs and I think I fllg? I'm trying to make it up. only wish I could write realize how they afe when they fail to tea¢h bought a good book on left, social and now e ' —>> Unwritten Law.” Jack Marbury for that it caused loved from bacl The generous love of Salomy Jane—so great the man she he might give him —shows the western gambler which fiction most delights to paint him The chief terest of the picture falls about bottle, a man of immense dignit 1 dealer in real estate and ardent admirer of the heroine, Besides this stellar attraction the fifth and of “The Exploits of El with the “Poisoned Room be shown Thrills 18 tional detective v waste of all the in- < fire time It is a keep needless red-hot in a stove A comedy Star- grated cheese ™ over cheon dish Rice with " makes a chan a lun an said to the the restore handles Turpentine i motion_picture | ;.. s of latest cl whitne ivory APLer | of cutlery dealing | tered make stained & valls pensc excel kground an STORI I'HE FOPULAR SHOE “IMPERATRICE” Style and Quality Imperatrice Shoes are dependable shoes at a reasonable price—In them vou'll find just as much style as in elling h higher manship shoes at muc prices ork and every ) hoose from Prices $2.50 and $3 ASHBERGWTHE SHOEMAN, Main $t., HARTFORD ASK THE GLERK FOR S. & H. 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