New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1917, Page 4

R NEW MANAGEMENT GEO, LEWITT INC, E The & ALTER_NAYLOR PLAYERS PRES! PAIR NT JUEENS An Uproarious " Farce s BOX OFFICE ALWAYS OPE) EENEY'S - NALD, WEEK i _ MAX LINDER, in. / WANTS A DIVORCE” §# TONIGHT WED. [ ] THLYN WIKLIAMS, in ‘ BOARD OF CENSORS APPROVES “BARRIER” “The Barrier,” Rex'Beach’s famous ! photoplay from his:novel, begins its | i| engagement at the Fox's theater Fri- = day and.Saturday. It il‘eviden( that )| the statement made by the National | Board of, Censors, that they could { not suggest a single change in picture jor titles—and that' they recommend 4 “The ‘Barrier’ highly as a play for | young persons and children, has hail | 1ts effect i otiier “éities ‘Wittre" every TOMGET { performance, particularly the mat- k | Mees, have been” well patronized by { young folks- SEvE“ | | “The Barrier” has developed at ileast four stars, Miss Mabel Juliene | Scott, who so admirably portrays the lY sm {dual roles of Merridy and Necia; HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE, Mitchell Lewis, whose ‘Poleon is ‘Mansfieldian in its charm, Edward { Roseman, whose. villain is all that }wukl be desired \by the most en- {thusiastic gallery occupant, where villlans are made or wrecked, and Russell Simpson, whose portrayal of ‘John Gaylord, the. care-frée young prospectoy, who gave his love to the ‘PAIR OF QUEENS" GATHERS THE MOSS !Better Than “Pair of Sixes” at Lyceum and Other Places 11" | As every advocate of the national indoor pastime knows, a pair of sixes is not as good as a pair of queens providing one ‘of themdoes not get Jost in_the shuffle. This also holds true in theatrical circles. That it does was proved conclusively last evening at the Russwin Lyceum when the {FRIDAY AND SATURDAY i BARRIER ' By REX BEACH ‘% i RRIER PRICES: — Mat- & fnee, 10c and 15c. Nights ' 15c and 25c. y [ lhow Continuous, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sec- i ‘ond Matinee Thursday at 5 i o'clock. l FRIDAY and SATURDAY " & Shows—At 2:15, 4:30, 6:45 ! ahd 9 o’clock. the Rush for Seats at Fox’s Try the Daily Mat- inees. 3 appyoval “A Pair of Queens,” written' by .the author of a ‘“Pair of Sixes.” Both are clever productions but as their names imply, the former wins in the showdown. No better remedy for the tired business man or to chase away gloom can be suggested than to see this uproarious comedy which, less than a year ago, was playing to capacity houses in New York. _In bringing this production to New Brit- L2 Don’t Wait, Do It Now Berberry, Privet and flower- ing shrubs, should be planted when the ground cool and . moist. Now is the time to do it. We have some fine plants, good time to plant them VIS GREENHOUSES Tel. 1978, BIG SHOW . 2-WONDERFUL ACTS—2 19—BEAUTIFUL’ SOENES—12 s’ Matinee—Except - = . «8 OLINTON oT. T OLMES= W:[-III.LIAM ‘Walter Naylor plavers presented for ! v e ; TR ik i S j = : ‘ NEW BRITAIN' DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 191 7. FOoxX At Fox’s Theater Weduesday and Thursday little school teacher, and later as the grizzled storekeeper, who gave Necia a father’s protection, is a wonderful | achievement., The photoplay version of Rex jBeach’s thrilling sturyz strong as are the situations in the book itself, has been accorded added value of hav- ing the author give it his personal at- tention and supervision. Mr. Beach gave his personal supervision to “The Barrier,” co-operating fully with Di- rector Edgar Lewis throughout the entire production. /The music was especially written | for “The Barrier” by Fred ®. Hanks and: Sol Levy. Music critics have pronounced it excellent and unusual. Mr.’ Stuart Holmes will be the Fox feature Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday the show will ‘run continuous from 2:16 until 10:30. Patriots’ day the second matinee performance will start at five o'clock. Friday and Saturday there will be four performances of “The Barrier” at 2:15, 4:30, 6:456 and 9 o’clock each day owing to the im- mence popularity of this great photo- play. For the engagement of the big Rex Beach ture the matinee prices have been reduced to 10 and 15 cents. Fivening prices will be 16 and 25. ‘There wll\l be no reserved seats. ain, Mr. Naylor is deserving of much credit for he has established a prece- | dent for new plays unsurpassed by {any stock company that \has ever lplayed in this city. “A Palr of Queens” is one of the most laughable and entertaining offer- ings that has ever graced the foot- | lights of the Lyceum. The plot, for 1it. has one with a laugh interwoven in jevery line, centers around a young i husband, Peter Cranby (Smythe Wal- |lace) and his pal, John Shelley { (Ralph Murphy) who take advantage ;ot the absence of the former's wife jend go out to see a little dit of old Broadway, finally ending up at Jack’s | restaurant at a disreputable hour in { the morning. The place is raided but i they manage to escape to Cranby’s | home. The next morning they make several startling discoveries, viz: That the morning papers have an account of the raid the night before; that a manywas shot to death and his over- codl taken in which was a large amountof money; that Cranby, in his haste to leave the restaurant, took the wrong coat which incidentally, contains the missing wallet; that his coat hag-been.found by the police; that his trousers are covered with blood; that detectives have surround- ed his house and last but not least that his wife, instead of staying away for the day, has taken an early train for home and is there to greet him when he steps from his room in the morning. To try to describe the many complex’entanglements and humorous situations which arise and how every- thing is at last straightened out would do am injustice to those who see the play. Miss Margie Dow is the one star who shines more brightly than any of the others and is cast to excellent advantage as Martha, the maid. 8he hag an excruciatingly funny part to jportray and embraces it to the fullest extefit, swaying her audience to parox- isms of laughter with no apparent ef- fort. Philip Quin as Joe Doak, a detec- tive, gave a meritorious and effective portrayal of the part; Harry Hamilton essayed the role of Steve Halnes, a would-be detective, in a true. to life ! mgnner; Ralph Murphy as John Shelly, Smythe Wallace ‘as Peter Cranby and Virginia Perry as Mrs. Cranby gave excellent characteriza- tions in their respective roles. Miss Altho the gas range ~ Gold Medal . €nwoo( This coal and gas range with two ovens is a wonder h less than four feet long it can do every kind family by gas in warm weather or by coal or wood when section is as entirely in this combination, as te from the separal coal section as if placed in'another part of the kitchen. using both the coal and gas sections of the top, Ei’n'e large utensils may be heated at one time. A Large Roast and other ‘can be doneat the “ sametimein thecoal oven. The advantage is plain— Two Ovens give double capacity andallow the cook to com- plete the baking in one half the us. ual time. “It Certainly Does Make Cooking Easy”. Irene Antel as a charming adventur- ess and Miss Dorothea Antel, as an agent of the secret service, were geen to good advantage as were Victor croft and Tello Webb. CHAPLIN'S RIVAL IN EXTRA FEATURE Comparing favorably even with the Chaplin films, the Essanay ptoduc-~ tion, “Max Wants a Divorce,” ' in which Max Linder is starring, put \“first nighters” at Keeney's almost in a state of hysteria and won great ap- plause last %evening when it was shown for the first time. The picture is to, be* a special feature for the en- tire week and it is expected to draw capacity houses. Linder is making rapid strides towards the top rung of the popularity ladder and he is new recognized by some as the equal ot Charlie Chaplin as a laugh-getter. The other important screen offering for tonight and “Wednesday s the Lasky film, “Redeeming Love,” ‘with Kathlyn Williams playing the lead. During the last half of the week Pauline Frederick will be seen , in “The Slave . Market.” ‘Wednesday and Thursday there will be & new episode in “The Mystery of the Double Cross’ serial. - A good vaudeville;pro- gram is given daily. BEN WELCH’S SHOW MEDIOCRE, THAT’S ALL A well pleased audience that did not fill the Grand theater to overflow, sat through two hours and fifteen min- utes of burlesque last evenng, while Ben Welch and his company dispensed the numbers included on the pro- ! gram, also some that were not. Like many similar productions there is nothing about the plot which would cause anybody to sit up and take notice. . First and foremost, and in the lime- light from the time of its first ap- pearance, toward the end of the first act, Welch occupies the bulk of at- tention. His singing of “Sister Sarah Wants to Be a Soldier,” gets a good hand. As an Itallan impersonator, Welch is equally as good as in the Hebrew delineation. The cast sup- porting Mr. Welch might be improved on. Of this collection of comedians, Billy Wild is the best. Of the female for cooking of cooking See the Pastry always oven. * The most delicate cake can be the kitchen n for any ordinary heating. t in th g TP B = and watched through the glass paneled door. performers it can be said that better have been seen at the théater this season. The prima donna sings sev- eral selections. For a time last eve- ning it looked as if the order of the state’s attorney prohibiting boxing in this country might be prohibited, when two performers had a friendly argument, (it was friendly when it started) but like similar affairs they grow to serious proportions. The customary benefit for the house manager will be tendered Daniel D. Scullen Thursday evening. Menu for Tombrrow Breakfast. Fruit. Sugar and Cream Parsley Omelet, Hashed Brown Potatoes Flannel Cakes Coftee Lunch. Potato Chowder. Cheese Sandwiches Dinner.\ Tomato Soup Fried Fish Sweet Potato Puff String Beans Cup. Cake Coffee Oatmeal Cocoa \ Cheese sandwiches—Make a mix- ture of grated Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and a little anchovy extract. Butter some thin slices of brown bread and of white bread. Sprinkle on white bread grated cheese and a sprinkle of pepper; place on this a slice of brown, buttér side up; spread mixture on this and put a slice of white bread butter side down. Press together, cut off the crusts, cut into narrow pleces. . Cup cake—Cream well together one cupful butter and two cupfuls sugar. Add the beaten yolks of four eggs: one-quarter - t onful salt, the grated rind and juice one lemon. Stir in alternately three cupfuls flour and one cupful milk, beat well for five minutes, add .the whipped whites of the eggs and two teaspoonfuls bak- ing powder. Beat for a moment and bake in a loaf in a moderate’ oven about forty-five minutes. A deliclous relish is made of cold ! boiled eggs, potatoes, beets and gher- kins, all cut into tiny strips and sea- soned with salt, pepper and cider vin- egar, and enough beaten cream to hold the ingredients together. Serve | on lettuce leaves. T 3 'SIDE TALKS YN\ “Why are so.many of us below par?” I asked a Hoctor the other day, after vainly trying to think of a thoroughly healthy person of my ac- quaintance, “Because,” he sald, “if you will pardon the quotation ‘they have done all the things they ought not to have done and left undone all the things they ought to have done!’ " “For instance, “For instance,” he echoed, ;‘well let me see. I'll give you ten for in- stances.” And this is what they were; “The average person,” sald the doctor— B 2 “Doesn’t drink water enough. “Isn’t putdodrs enough. “Isn’t careful enough about keep- ing his bowels regular. \ “Doesn’t chew his food enough. “Doesn’t eat enough coarse food. “Doesn’t sleep enough. 'Doesn’t laugh enough, “Hurries too much. ““Worrles too much. “Bats too much candy and eats it at the wrong time, that is when the stomach is empty and the appetite for the next meal will be spoiled. ““Are these enough ‘for instances’?" finished the dootor. “Quite,” I said, “and yet, when you stop to think of it, they are all simple things to do. Nothing hard about them like dieting or taking a cold bath or special exercises. “Exactly,” sald the doctor, ‘and let me ask you something,—what makes us commit the fool offenses we do against our health? ‘What makes a girl eat a box of chocolates in the middle of the afternoon?” “Why,” sald I, “becauge she likes the taste of them, I suppose.” “Precisely,” sald the doctor, ‘“a great many of the offenses we com- mit against our bodies are simply a matter of sensation. But now figure it out, is there any sensation to com- pare with that of feeling perfectly fit? Think of some morning when you get up feeling perfectly well and strong " Ten “Dosanddon’ts” and ready for anything. Wasn’t that a mare. glorious sensation than you could get out of eating a box of chocolates? ' Everything you do when you feel like that is a pleasure, isn't it? Then why-isn’t it worth while to sacrifice some minor pleasures to feel like that? And in the light of the doctor's analysis, “worthwhile” seemed all too mild a word. CONNEGTICUT DRUGSIST'S OPINION OF KIDNEY IEDI‘IE I have been selling and recommend- ing Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root for over twelve years and always get good results from so doing and my customers speak very highly of it. I know of cases of catarrh or infiam- mation of the bladder, liver trouble and rheumatism that have been cured by using Swamp-Root, and I really believe that it is a very good medi- cine for the troubles for which it is recommended. Very truly yours, JOSEPH GOLDENBERG, Ph. G., 166 Windsor St. Cor. Pleasant. May 7, 1916. 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