New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1916, Page 4

LYCEUM Monday, Nov. 27 The Lyceum Musical Stock Co. in the Big Musical Success {The Time, {The Place lii and TheGirl A Captivating Cast and =a Beauty Chorus 20 BIG SONG HITS NIGHT PRICES—50c, 80¢c, 200, 100—MATINEES—10c, 20c. Matinees—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Special Matinee Friday. Seats 8 days in advance Crowell’s. 3 SR T Friday Evening, Nov. 24 Daly’s Minstrel Show 85 VOICES 20 PIECE ORCHESTRA For- the benefit of St. John the Evangelist Church. Seats go on sale at Crowell’s Tuesday Evening, Nov. 21. DON'T MISS IT! at LYCEUM TONIGHT ECTURE and RECITAL by J. WALSH, Phd. and John Finnegan, Tickets on Sale Crowell’s AMES Tenor at T, Owen Moore in “BEATRICE FAIRFAX” Fri. and Sat, Earle Williams in “THE SCARLET RUNNER” High Class Vaudeville. Coming Soon Charlie Chaplin in “BEHIND the SCREE She Went to A neighbor of mine flounced into my Kitchen the other day. I use the word “flounce” advisedly. No other could convey the indignation her manner of entering expressed. The reason for the flounce soon came out. She had met a certain woman from “down back” going to the movies. This woman is one of her charity cases, which means that she has given her old clothes, fruit from her garden, and, occasionally, money. That’s the Way Those People Take, Advantage of You. “She trled not to let me see her, but I did,” she said, triumphantly, “I don’t believe I'll waste any more time or money on her. The idea of her golng to the movies when they can hardly get along and her husband is so sick! I should think they'd try to get some more nourishing food or save a little money, if they've any extra money. That's the way those people take advantage of what you do for them!” An evening at the movies extrava- gance! I pictured that woman's life in my mind. She goes out scrubbing and washing and when she gets home does the work of the house and looks af- ter her sick husband. She wears other people’s cast off clothes; she never can spare time or money for even a day’s outing. Her life is as drab as a November day. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1916. the Movies. How Could Anyone Grudge Her That Pleasure? How dare anyone whose life is a bed of roses in comparison, grudge her the small pleasure of an evening at the movies? Something to look forward to, something to make her forget the monotony of her existence for two hours, and then something new to think about as she crawls over soapy floors or toils over other people’s soiled linen. Perhaps it would be wiser to save that dime or use it for more nourish- ing food. But it would be an almost super-hu- man person who would always have that wisdom and strength of mind. They Think They Buy the Right to Criticize. I have often noticed this attitude in people who give charity (how is that beautiful word dishonored by them)! They think their gifts give them the right to pry and peer into the lives of the recipient, and criti- cize and condemn. They demand of the poot a super- human strength of will to be céntent to toil and moil and scrimp and save and pay their debts, and forego all pleasures. . Of course, one honors such strength of mind, but why should one expect to find it in every poor man or woman any more than one would expect to find sublime heroism of any sort? Madge Was Dick’s Sister, | “I's sure your brother and you will | enjoy Cosgrove’s very much.” | TODAY ONLY MATINEE and EVENING Mr, William Fox Presents VALESKA\T SURATT I “JEALOUSY” BILLIE BURKE N I “GLORIA’S ROMANCE” Chapter 19 SEE AMERICA PATHIE j FIRST WEEKLY NEAL BURNS, IN RLY A HERO” " TOMORROW MARIE DORO “THE LASH” DOROTHY DALTON The JUNGLE CHILD Matinee 5c — Evening 10c Had it not been for Dieky pinching my arm I think I should have stopped short upon the rustic bridge over| which we were making our way to| Cosgrove's farmhouse, and stared in | blank amazement at the slender, | dark woman who had just assumel that Dicky was my brother, She had been a fellow-passenger with us om the little mountain train | climbing from Kingstongo Cold Spring in the Catskills, where Dacky and I‘ had planned a week’s fishing. Sh0‘| had vaguely annoyed me with her ap- proving looks at Dicky when she‘ had accosted me on the train. After we had alighted from the | same station she had been a spectator of the dilemma in which the quaran tine on the farmhouse we had ex-| pected to visit had placed us. | She had heard the ridiculous little | nickname of “Sister Sue” which Dicky had called me, and the request for two rooms which he had made to the | evident surprise of the Cosgrove boy. | Her assumption that Dicky .was my | brother instead of my husband was, of course, a natural ome, but it an- noyed me intesely. I was about to correct her mistake when the pressure on my arm from Dicky’s fingers grew stronger, and In a tone which I recognized as full of the mischief in which he so often delights, he said: “Yes, we expect to have a great time up her, don’t we Sister Sue?” was such that he would greatly resent any attempt of mine ta spoil it, so I contented myself with a demure: ““Yes, indeed.” But the vogue annovance which I had felt when the woman first ac- costed me deepened at this mistake in our relationship which she had made and Dicky had sanctioned. martial ties—either she was a widow or had never married. “Ah, You Are English.” Ta my imagination the light in her eve as she looked at Dicky was specu- lative, With an adroitness which T could not help but admire, she had dropped back with us as if it were the most natural thing in the world that we should walk together, while the boy from Cosgrove’'s who was carrying our luggage, trudged on ahead. “You know, I'm not particularly ‘Why the Persistent Unknown Thought ; | who was walking with us. I knew that DPicky’s love of a jest | I was sure that the woman had no | was pretty, at least Dicky appeared I'to fAind it so, but to me the woman seemed bold, pushing. I felt that I should dislike her cordially by the end of the week if I were thrown into the enforced in- timacy of a summer boarding house. It was not alone that I disliked her manner toward Dicky. There was something about the personality of the woman that I distrusted, some- thiing that Tepelled me, From my | earliest recollection I have always | formed quick, instinctive likes or dis- likes, snap judgement of people, but Judgements which my experience has found to be rarely mistaken. Madge Follows Lillan’s Teachings. I know of only one person of whom I ever disapproved an sight and after- ward liked—TLilllan Gale Underwood —and upon analyzing the repulsion I felt for Lillian when I first met her I know that my prejudice against her was based more upon her atrocious make-up, dyed hair and brusque, slangy manner, than it was upon any knowledge of her real personality. ‘When I looked beneath the mask that Lillian presents to the world and| found the real, true woman I at once loved her, LYCEUM SINGERS EAGER FOR OPENING Working Hard to Give New Bri- tain A No. 1 Show Long dally rehearsals of the Lyce- um Musical Comedy company are in progress and when the curtain rolls up for the opening performance Mon- day evening a finished production will be the result. No effort or expense has been spared to give the people of New Britain the best possible and it is hoped that theatergoers show _their appreclation by giving the company good support. In selecting “The Time, the Place, and the GIrl” fqr the initial offering, Director Perrin used excellent judg- ment. This is probably one of the sweetest musical comedies ever pro- duced. Tt is filled with songs that haunt the memory for days after- ward, among them being “Blow the Smoke Away,” and “The Waning Honeymoon’ ~ while the laughable numbers best known are “I Don’t Like Your Family” and “Thursday is My Jonah Day.” “The Time, the Place and the Girl” was first produced at the La- Salle theater, Chicago, where it made an instantaneous hit, running there for almost two years. It was later brought east and had a long run at the Broadway theater, New York. Its reception in Boston was very warm and for many weeks it delighted the ears of that super-critical city. : Director Perrin intends to make Monday night of every week as good as Saturday night. In other words. the first performance of the week will not be a dress rehearsal. He ip- tends to have his cast letter perfect for the Monday performances even if he finds it necessary to hold re- hearsals at night. The Monday night bugaboo has been something New Britain has suffered from for vears while in other cities there is a gen- eral rush of the “first nighters” to be present for the opening performance. The Lyceum company numbers twenty-five. Of these eleven are cast in various roles and fourteen are in the chorus. The chorus was selected solely for its ability to sing and is expected to open the eyes of New Britain’s theater world. Matinees will be given Thursday, Friday and Saturday next week. DALY’S MINSTRELS AT CHURCH BENEFIT Tuesday, of ‘What should prove to be one of the most successful performances of its kind ever attempted in this city, will be held at the Russwin Lyceum theater tomorrow evening, singers circles in this city will be the feature John the Evangelist. Carefully drilled with all new songs and jokes, the members of the troupe will strive hard to please. The ability of such soloists as Messrs. Basso, O’Brien, Jackson, Kiniry and Kilduff needs no comment, the boys having endeared themselves to lovers of melody on former occa- sions. Then there is ! “Barney Degnan,” Jimmy Moore and Jack Callahan, as end men, who by The image of frank, warm-hearted Lillian which I had summoned stood out in contrasting relief to the woman something furtive about our new ac- quaintance. If she had appeared just as she was in the first act of any melodrama, an experienced theater- goer would have exclaimed at once: “Ah, here comes the international | spy!” ‘We turned from the rustic read into a broad highway, smooth as a park boulevard. “What a splendid road for a ma- chine!” T said. . “Ought to be,” Dicky rejoined, non- chalantly, “It's a state road, runs straight up these mountains, and is used by motorists constantly.” | “You'll get a machine and give me a spin over it tomorrow, Brother Bill, won’t you?” I asked with a demure | little smile. Dicky’s jaw dropped in amazement | but he recovered himself in a minute, | and answered gavly: i “‘Surest think you know, Sister Sue.' Tt cost me an effart to enter into the spirit of Dicky’s jest in the way T did, but I knew that it was only a matter of time until the woman on the other side of Dicky would find out i we were married instead of being | keen on trying this new place,” Dicky said to me in a low voice, first mak- ing sure that the boy was out of earshot. Our new acquaintance cocked her head to one side and looked up at him with a bird-like gesture, As she did so she flashed a provocative glance at him, and said quickly: “Ah, you are English, T see.” Tt was Dicky's turn to stare at her now. Then he threw back his head and laughed. > “That's a good one, he said to me, and I sented his mischievous the nickname, “What makes you think we’re eng- lish?” he asked the woman, with the debonair little air that makes Dicky so attractive to women “Oh, because you said ‘keen’” she returned, with another alluring flutter of her wonderfully long, dark eyelashes. ‘“The English all say ‘keen.’ I never heard an American say it before, so 1 thought vou might be Sister Sue,” inwardly Te- emphasis on you?" T suppose her playful Emglish, and I know vou are, aren’t brother and sister as she thought, I made up my mind she should have no opportunity to imagine that I had been in the least annoyed at the mis- take, or jealous of her admiration of Dicks Little snatches of Lillian’s ad- vice ,given in the days when I was worried over Grace Draper’s friend- | ship with Dicky, came back to me, T resolved grimly that if Dicky wished this Jest of his about our being brother and sister to continue that T would help him in it with every ap- pearance of whole-hearted pleasure, that when the truth finally came out the little dark woman which I had begun to dislike, should have no malicious enjoyment of my fealousy with which to recompense her for the chagrin of her mistake. " NOTICE The New Britain Wet Wash having into their newly equipped lding aire prepared to do first class k. We solicit your patronage. Satisfaction guaranteed. 80 Union | | maved f | Dersistence ' street. There was | | their songs and jokes should bring | down the house. This quartet has something .up their sleeves. In the olio, which will follow the overture, Walter J. Maranville of Springfield, Mass., a member of the Boston Braves of the National league will give his clever monologue. The Tommassoni family of musicians will { present their refined musical act. | Bacon and Holden will introduce some new acrobatic stunts, and the Daly Minstrels double quartet will sing | some up-to-the-minute song hits. §H'NEVER FAILS T0 'END MISERY OF PILES { “Hundreds of people in this vicin- ity,” says Peterson, ‘“know of the | mighty healing power of PETER- SON’S OINTMENT in eczema, salt rheum, old sores, itching skin and | and ulcers: They know it cures these ailments—that it is guaranteed to cure them.” Now I want to say to every sufferer from piles, either blind, bleeding or itching, that I will guarantee that a | 25 cent box of PETERSON'S OINT- MENT will rid you of piles or your druggist will return your money. “For years I suffered terribly with itching and bleeding piles. I tried | everything and despaired of ever get- ting rid of them. It gives me great | pleasure to state that Peterson’s Oint- ment entirely cured me, and I sincere- ly recommend it to all sufferers.”— Yours truly, David A. Seymour, Supt. of Parks, Buffalo, N. Y. GRAND fwiwi ALL THIS WEEK JOE HURTIG'S BOWERY BURLESQUERS With Billy Foster and Fr. Har~ court, Company of Fifty. Every Day pxcept Satur- 100 day Is Ladies’ Day ..... when | Daly’s Minstrels, comprising the best ! nd entertainers in amateur of the benefit for the church of St.! Jack Kiley, | Quaker Ranges have written their record over a period of sixty-two years. Tri tested, you will readily agree. Quaker Ranges have ruled all these years as the housewife’s friend—rounding out a full lifetime of simple, sturdy service. Quaker Ranges today—just as for all the sixty odd years gone by—set a standard that leaves no doubt of leadership. The Range Supreme " SEGAL & BIRMBAUM, 432 Main St, New ed and truly i IE DORO HERE | MAR ~ IN SEASHORE FILM The inhabitants of the little Island of St. Ba'tiste, still mete out justice as their forefathers did two centuries ago. There are no jails, judges or juries in the island, but punishment is administered by the “Perfect,” or Governor, with a long, many thronged whip. This is the theme for the Jesse Lasky-Paramount production of “The Lash,” which will be one of tho attractions at Fox's tomorrow and Saturday, with the beautiful and captivating Marie Doro as the star. How one of the daughters of this quaint island, now a favorite of fash- ionable society, metes out this punish- ment to one of her own sex who seeks to steal the affections of her husband is depicted in a graphic and startling manner. In the all-star supporting cast are Elliott Dexter, James Neill, Thomas Delmar and Jane Wolff. The CHORAL CLUB OF HARTFORD (Bighty Male Voices) Ralph L. Baldwin, Conductor PARSONS’ THEATER First Oonoert Tueeday Evening, November 28 The club will be assisted by THRE SCHUBERT CHOIR (70 voices), of Springfleld and ; MISS GRACE KERNS, Soprano Solo- | st at St. Bartholomew’s, New York | City. ‘ Reserved seats and information at | | markably sweet voices and their ren- Triangle attraction for these two days will be the “Jungle Child,” with Dor- othy Dalton, supported by Howard Hickman. This is a weird dramatic story of the Brazilian forests and New York city, and tells of a Spanlsh‘ beauty who grew to be a Tupi Ama- | zon, and a worthless American adven- | turer who sought to employ her ig- norance of civilization as a means to acquiring possession of her fortunes. Its action opens in the dense and pic- turesque tropical forests of Brazil and is later transferred to New York city, where amid luxurious surroundings it is brought to an intensely dramatic close: In addition the usual Key- stone comedy and Burton-Holmes Travelogue will be shown. For today the latest Fox masterpiece “Jealousy’ featuring Valeska Suratt, the Billi Burke serial Gloria’s Romance, Pathe | Weekly and other good features will be shown. 'SHERMAN'’S CIRCUS GOOD COMEDY ACT Dan Sherman, a burlesque edian of the old school, s com- | fairly | twisting the Keeney patrons around | his fingers this week with his mirth | provoking chatter incorporated in the | dialogue which serves to give “The | Jay Circus” in which he is appearing | cause for existence. Dan is an old- timer the type fast disappearing from the stage. His very appearance | is alwavs a signal for laughter and his antics coupled with his peculiar brand of humor simply sets the au- dience wild. Dan is playing this week in the same act in which he has suc- cessfully toured the country for years. He is assisted by his wife and chil- dren, his brother also contributing many of the laughs. “The Jay Cir- cus” is a burlesque on a tent show | playing in a tank town and it abounds in chances to use slap-stick methods in drivink away the blues. Although he is over sixty vears old Sherman | gets about with the agility of a | youngster and his never failing sense of humor makes for mirth in the most unexpected situatons. The act is the big comedy hit of the show. Steadily Increasing in popularity are the members of the Marco trio, Ttalian musicians, who are furnish- ing a series of operatic songs and’ classical selections. They have re- ditlon of difficult numbers is attract- ing considerable attention among the | music lovers of the city. Frank Wilbur does a number of clever juggling tricks in exceptionally his illustrated songs and poetic reci- tations. “Beatrice Fairfax” is to head the film program tonight while on Friday and Saturday the feature of the screen bill will be Earle Williams in “The Scarlet Runner.” J. HAMBURGER BONE BIG HIT AT GRAND Dr. J. Hamburger Bone, a street fakir, may he a crook but he is a very enjoyable sort and doesn’t seem at all bad. That’s the verdict of the crowded houses that have laughed at he clever work of Frank Harcourt, who is Dr. J. Hamburger Bone, at the Grand theater all this week, in* “The Bowery Burlesquers.” In the various scenes supposed to represent Lobster Beach, Harcourt and his co- star, Billy Foster, are entertaining with an unusually large company of other principals, and a chorus that is all sparkle and action. Edna Green is sheriff of the suffragist jail, and as if that were not enough, Tina Rothe is the suffragist jailer. And M: Seamon is the son of Dr. J. Ham- burger Bone. Joe Hurtig's beauty chorus helps sing the musi song hits “The Bowery Burlesquers” is the show that made burlesque famous, the press agent says. There is a daily matinee. Next week the Grand will present “The Sporting Widow with Harry Cooper and a big com- pany. The sale of seats indicates big houses all week. PORTO RICO Here are the same feathery palms and riot of tropical verduwre which lured the old Spanish Sea-Rovers to these shores, Visit this lovely Island of Enchantment. 16 Day Cruia: And AN Espenses. 94,50 Up The 2 i o R Pt e . A bl L o < Fy i PORTO RICO LINE Cruksing Dept. 11 Broadway, New York Or Any Railroad Ticket Office Gallup & Alfred’'s Music Store, 201 | Asylum street, Hartford. clever fashion while Jack McKenna keeps the audience entertained with or Authorized Tourist Agency.