New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1917, Page 5

., Buccesses that locan men and women ~ out the many rehearsals held, the in- ~ ances, " MINSTRELBOYSIN HIT OF SEASON More Than Three Solid Hours of Joy at Amateur Show An audlence that occupied cvery available spot of advantage in Fox's theater, listened intently to what is conceded to be the most successful amateur theatrical performance ever given in this city last evening. The affair was arranged by the Soldiers and Sailors committee of the War Bu- reau, and the manner in which the af- {air was conducted reflects much cred- » it on the men who assisted. While the program was of such length that it was affer 11 o’clock when the final number, “The Gathering of the Allies” ‘was staged, there did not appear to be any indications that the audience was tired or restless, and when the mighty rounds of applause that followed the singing of ‘“The Star Spangled Ban- ner,” reverberated throughout the house and brought the performance to & close it was the consensus that the event should take its place among the have attained in the pas for theatrical undertakings. Early in November, 80 young men ip response to an appeal from the committee met at the Y. M. C. A. and signified their willingness to aid in giving a performance for the soldiers and sallors. From the outset, interest ‘was shown in their work and through- terest showed no indication of waning. Joseph A. Haffey and John J. Crean, undertook the task of drilling the overture, and the manner in which they carried out their mission was shown lest evening. When it is con- sidered that no attempt was made to secure any out-of-town talent to help, “all the glory that is being showered on the participants today, is rightly deserved. Mr. Haffey proved his worth in directing in many ways and JOSEPH A. HAFFEY. too much credit cannot be given him for his untiring efforts. The musicul program selected by John J. Crean proved still further that the popular young pianist is attaining increased ability as a musical genius. The olio “which proved one of the big features was arranged by Mr. Haffey, and in- cidentally he took a part that brought down the house. There was a fair-sized audience on hand yesterday afternoon for the mat- inee performance. As is customary, a delay in arranging stage and other details made the performance late in starting, necessitating the omission of > one of the acts. The members worked well considering the fact that it was the first time they had appeared on the stage, but the experience gained fitted the performers for the night show. Filled with confidence, the boys went at their task with a vim at night ,and, from the time the curtain as- eanded until the closing chorus, snap was at all times in evidence. The audlence showed its appreciation of the setting by giving the overture a hand when the curtain first went up. The first-row entertainers were dressed in Colonial costume, with the Temainder of the overture wearing evening dress. The bright red and green of the end men added to the impressive scene. At the opening of both perform- Mrs. M. T. Crean rendered “America” from one of the theater boxes, accompanied on the organ by Protessor Frederick F. Harmon. Mrs. Crean’s work was of the same cxcel- lent character that has gained for her merit whenever or wherever she has sung. The wark of the soloists was of a stellar order—John Kiniry, Leon Jackson, Louie S. Jones, John Kilduff and August Klein rendering their se- jections in faultless manner. Each was given a generous hand at the close which brought encores. It is doubtful if any finer quintet of solo- ists has ever taken part in an amateur minstrel overture in this city. The end men should not be overlooked for their work. Up-to-the-minute jokes iand popular songs featured their work—Horace La Valley, Jack Kiley, Herbie Johnson, Bert Holden, Harry Ginsburg and Eddie Dyer proving that the old saying about end men not be- Ing able to warble is a fallacy. La Valley, with his dancing contribu- tion to “Mother, Dixie and You,” was forced to respond to four encores. The ollo opened with a buck and wing dancing number by Johnson and Holden. These boys have appeared on many occasions at entertainments in this city, but last night's wark added extensively to their laurels as dancers. John J. Crean, Harry Ginsburg, Stur- man Dyson, Francis Clynes and Leon Gordon appeared in “The Five Piano- phiends” and Scored a success. Louie . B. Jones assisted in the number and the turn went very big. Inadequate scenic effects prevented the staging of “Way Down South,” featuring La-Val- ley and his “Picks,” but in its place was substituted a banjo quintet, with Arthur Peterson, Arthur Anderson, Mr. Horton, Jack Martin and Charles . Merwin; accompanied by John J. ~ Crean. La Valley did a “line act,” singing and dancing, and was excep- tionally good. Then came the star attraction of the , ollo—Joe Haffey and Johnny Cl'.ln in ““16 Minutes of Sociability.” To say that “Joe” was right at home would be placing it mildly. He had three song numbers which, judging i from the manner in which he han- dled them, would create the impres- slon that the writer arranged them for him. His opening number about “Knocking at the Knitting Club” brought down the house. Mr. Crean contributed plano selections, including his own compositian, “My Old-Fash- foned Daddy.” This duo has noth- ing to fear about going on the road as regular performers, ber, *“The Gather- was handled capa- bly by the young men and women HOWARD A. TIMBRELL. of the curtain, when Lowell Pickup and George Kiesewetter marched to the front of the stage attired as an American soldier and sailor, until the Goddess af Liberty (Mrs. Madge Crean Smith) appeared, the careful details worked out by Director Haffey were in evidence. It would be hard to se- lect who was the favorite quartet, each country getting a fine reception. Past Commander Frederick V. Street- er and Charles Kempshall depicted “The Blue and the Gray,” and Robert Shailor, George Lynch and John Gra- deck “The Spirit of '76.” John F. ‘Willls was dressed as Uncle Sam and, with Jerame F. Crean and Bob Kiniry dressed as “Young America,” the pic- ture was complete. The tableau closed with the singing of “The Star- Spangled Banner.” At the conclusion of the -perform- ance, a reception was held at the State Armory until 3 o'clock this morning. The big dance hall was thronged and everyhody seemed to be bent on alding in bringing to a close a very successful night. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS. Commission Will Examine Candidates For Police and Fire Departments. A meeting of the Civil Service Com- mission will be held at City Hall at 8 o’clock P. M., on December 19, for the purpose of examining candidates for appointment to the police and fire de- partments, and for promotion from callman td permanent fireman. Ap- plication blanks may be obtained from the secretary, or from the chief of either the police or fire department. All applications must be filed with the secretary on or before December 15th. FOUR WHO HELPED TO MAKE MINSTREL SHOW A SUCCESS NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, N WITH THE DANGE, JOHN J. CREAN. | —Photo by Arcade Studio. i 1ast night. ! statement of the | by Jerome Kern. EUGENE J. CLERKIN. | i GERMAN SUBJECTS. Ali Commercial Relations Are Stopped by Brazil. Rio Janeiro, Dec. 8.—The cabinet, ' at a meeting last night, decided upon the following regulations with regard to German subjects in Brazil: To prohibit all cammercial rela- tions, direct or indirect, between for- eign nationals resident in Brazil and enemy subjects in foreign countries. To suspend tho exportation of all! kinds of goods belonging to the en- emy. The autharities will be given special powers to control enemy enterprises and to put an end to such operi- tions. To intern in camps, or elsewhere, suspected enemy subjects. To cancel all public land contracts and concessions with due regard to the rights of settlers and proprietars already located. PICKETS WILL TALK. To Speak Two Minutes on Their Expericnces in Jail. Washington, Dec. 8.—Plans for co- operating between state branches and | the national headquarters are to be discussed today at a meeting of the national committee of state chairmen and heads of the National Women's party. The party advisory council is expected to consider the proposals presented yesterday by representa- tives of the national party suggesting afliliation of the suffragists with that arganization. l A_dinner in honor of the released | picKets is on the program for tonight. They are expected to make two-min- ute speeches on their jall sentences. ! to the contract, if Mr. _state In the world,” she said, 1917. IS CHANGED "ROUND ’There'll Be No i Nmety Second Tripping by Mrs. Castle New York, Dec. 8.—On the Castle- Century front there was heavy firing The management of ““Miss 1917 fired heavy volleys at Mrs. Irene Castle, who is out of the cast, and | was refused admission to the theater last Monday night, and the svelte young Mrs. Castle replied with shrap- nel, and consolidated her position for a new attack. Messrs. Ziegfield and Dillingham fs- sued a statement giving their side of the controversy, in which it was re- lated that Mrs. Castle has been told that her act in “Miss 1917” was not meeting with the approval elther of the management or of the playgoers, and that she should alter it. The management also asserted that Mrs. Castle’s dance, which she performed alone, was only 90 seconds in length. It was further stated that Mrs. Cas- tle demanded of Ned Wayburn, tho stage director, that her single feature of the performance be moved for- ward one hour in the program, as she had to rise early in order to get to a motion picture studio where she i3 acting before the camera. It was fm- | possible to grant this, and Mrs. Castle was dropped from the cast, the man- agement asserting that she was not . fulfilling the requirements. Mrs. Castle said last night “The Century manage- ment gives a wrong impression. I asked three weeks ago to have my dance set at a quarter past nine, and (Dothing further was said about ft. My dance was longer. They asked that I cut it down. But ninety seconds— | mercy! “It is true that I was asked to do a solo waltz, but in return I asked to have music written for the numbers I couldn’t very well write the music myself. “My contract reads for the run of the play, and I shall fight in the courts, if necessary, to enforce it. ! Yes, $1,000 a week is correct. Really, I am quite determined. Of course, it is a matter of individual opinion whether my dance was good or bad. Players can’t guarantee always to please. Some might have liked my ! dance and others may have thought it poor. But if the Century made a bad bargain it is up to the management to stick to it “I am angry and hurt turned away from the when I went to present work, even after having newspapers that I was no the cast. I am not used turned away from doors. T had no quarrel or scenes with anybody. As Dillingham, for whom I have much regard, had come to me personally it might have been arranged, but now I am advised to insist on my rights. “T don’t think it is very to be slamming back Ives, hut—that door Castle said her Vernon Castle, was as aviation instructor. as is not the most about being stage door myself for read in the longer in to being dignified 1 forth husband, now in amusing “but it is safe.” ARRESTED AS SPY. Alexander von Bodo, Discharged from Army, Is Locked Up. Los Angeles, Dec. 8.——Alexander von Bodo, said to have been honorabiy discharged from the United States schoal of aviation at North Island, San Diego, was under arrest here to- day, charged with violating provisions of the espionage act. It is alleged he gathered information relating to air- plane manufacture in this country for the purpose of communicating it to the enemy. Amoeng his effects, ac- cording to federal authorities, was a card indicating he had a pilot's li- cense from the Imperial Aero club of Austria. Fort Fairfield, Maine. participants. TWo of each sex repre- sented the countries engaged allied cause in the in the great Emuropean ‘ War. Immediately on the ascension How this Woman Suffered and Was Relieved. _ Fort Fairfleld, Maine. months I suffered from backache caused by female troubles so I was unable to do my house work. I took treabtments for it but received no help whatever. some of my friends asked why I did not try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound. 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L) HOUSTON REPORT IS INTERESTING Tells Congress That Farm and Livestock Must Be Stimulated ‘Washington, Dec. 8.—With record crops grown this year the nation's farm and livestock production must be st.mulated to a still higher effi- clency during the coming twelve months if domestic demands and the needs of the Allles are to be ade- quately met, Secretary Houston says in his annual report to Congress today. “That the farmers of the Nation have generously responded to the ap- peals for increased production, and that much has alrcady been done to insure a large supply of foods and feedstuffs,” says the report, “‘justifies no let-down in their activities or in those of all agricultural agencies. On the contrary, even greater efforts must be put forth in the coming months. “There must be no breakdown on the farms, no failure of foods, feed- stuffs or clothing. I cannot empha- size too strongly the urgent necessity -of doing everything possible to bring about a stin further increase in the production of all essentlal commodi- ties, particularly of the staple crops and livestock.” Confildence in the ability of the farmers to meet the unusual emergen- cy caused by America’s entrance into the war is reiterated by the Secre- tary. Their willing co-operation since April has been prolific of encouraging crop increases, he says, and there is no doubt but that they have a complete and ready comprehension of the de- mands to be supplied as the war pro- ceeds. “The spirit revealed by the farmers and the results of their .efforts during the present year,” he says, ‘‘indicate that they recognize the responsibility resting upon them in this emergency. I am confident that they will patrioti- cally continue to assume and to bear their full share of the country’s bur- den. “The farmers of the nation have al- ways shown their devotlon to the cause of freedom and have not been slow to respond to the country's call for men and means t o defend its rights. “As it becomes more obvious that the surest way to force a righteous peace is to employ effectively all the resources of the nation, the farmers will increasingly put forth their strength, send their sons to fight at the front, and see to it that neither this nation, nor those with which we are ' associated lack anything in the way of materials for food and cloth- ing.” While the precise figures for meat, poultry, dairy products and vegetable oils are not yet available, the secre- tary estimates that the quantity of these commodities is greater than for 1915 and 1916. Billon Increase. An increase of a billion bushels over the flve vear pre-war average was ef- fected in this vear's crop of staples. ! Tnrevised estimates contained in the report are as follow 3,191.000,000 bushels of corn. 659,797,000 of wheat, 1,580,000,000 of oats, 201,659,000 of barley, 56,000,000 of rye, 16,813,000 of buckwheat, 33,266,000 of rice, 73,380,- “The mere statement that the pop- uiation has steadily increased in this country—the gain in the 10 years from 1908 to 1917 being 13,000,000— with an absolute decrease in the live- stock for the same period, would suf- ciently emphasize the seriousness of the situation if .conditions were normal and the demand for meats and fats were not so urgent.” The report announces the organiza- tion of a special agency to ascertain to what extent the government safely can permit the use of national forest ranges for cattle grazing. A severe winter and late spring in the west this year induced the opening of the forest reserves to the animals much earlier than usual, and in 1918 the emergency use of ‘the ranges for graz- ‘ng purposes is to be much extended. A $3,000,000 saving has been made, says the report, by the Department's placing specialists in the regions of greatest sweet potato production to superintend proper handling and stor- age of the commodity. A special sur- vey to collect choice Irish potato seed stock now is being conducted in Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Wiscon- «in and Colorado. Discovery in Texas of the pink boll worm, a highly-destructive cotton pest, presents another serious menace to the nation’s cotton crop, but every means is beng utilized to eradicate the pest in the United States. Its spread so far has been confined to somparatively isolated areas. Material development of native agricultural resources, the report says, is expected to follow complete organization of the Department's ex- tension service. Equipped with an ap- propriation of $4,348,400, the service will soon be able to place one demon- &tration agent—possibly two—in near- ly every agricultural county in the country, and a woman in each large city to give advice regarding the 4 duction, conservation and utilizaty| af food products. Agents number; 6,000 are now performing extensio work among the nation’s farmers andj 4 the urban communities. “These agents,’ declares Secretary Houston, “not only are performing the normal and emergency demonstra- 3 tion and educational work, but they are also assisting other branches of the government in special directions, such as the Treasury Department in its Liberty Loan campalgns, and the | Food Administration in its food con- «ervation activities.” The report outlines in detail the - varied activities and lines of effort of the Department during the year, & particularly the tremendous expansion «ffected at the outset of the war. o RUB RHEUMATIC PAIN FROM ACHING JOINTS Rub Pain Right Out With Small Trial Bottle of O “St. Jacobs Oil.” Stop “‘dosing” Rheumatism. It's pain only; not one case in fifty ] requires internal treatment. 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Fancy Baskets, Seeds, Bulbs and Christmas Decorations: Christmas Trees, Wreaths, Roping, etc. We Make Funcral Work a Specialty. 000 of kafir, 439,686,000 of Irish po- tatoes, 84,727,000 of sweet potatoes, 15,957,000 of commercial beans, 42,- 606,000 of peaches, 11,419,000 of pears 177,733,000 of apples and 7,621,000 of sugar beets. “The number of milch cows and other cattle,” the report adds, “has shown an increase during the last four or five years, the estimate for the former for the present year be- ing 23,906,000 as against 22,768,000 a year ago and 20,497,000 in 1913, before the European war began, while that for the cattle is 43,291,000 as against 40,849,000 a year ago and 36,- 030,000 in 1913. Unfortunately, the number of sheep continues to declin the estimate for 1917 is only 46,059,- 000 as against 48,483,000 a year ago and 51,482,000 in 1913. It is esti- mated that the number of hogs, which during recent vears has shown an upward tendency, decreased over 4,000,000, or from 67,543,000 to 62,- 747,000. “In considering the whole meat situation it should be kept in mind that there is a close relationship be- tween the production of live stock and the supply of feedstuffs and that for more than a year past there has been a relative shortage of grains and of forage. The large production of these necessaries during the pres- ent crop season should conduce to more satisfactory conditions for the producers of live stock and ‘should, other things being equal, tend to bring about an increase. “But with the destruction of live | stock in Europe and the great de- mands from there for meat and fats, with consequent greatly increased ex- ports from this country, it is clear that the supply will not be adequate for the domestic needs and for those of the nations with which we are as- wociated in the war. 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