New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1924, Page 5

AT THiATEDS Unless otherwise Indieuted, thentrical notices and reviews in this column are written by the press ugencies for the respective amusement company. “A WOMAN OF PARIS"—LYCEUM. 4 The first Charles C: and, written drama. of ture—"A a four days' run at the evening; -with Edna Purviance in the ! leading -role. Today a vaudeville pro- gram of merit was added, featuring among otheér numbers the Hori-Japs' troupe, a team of remarkable Orient- al gymnasts whose feats are entirely new, many of them unusually darin ‘White and Frank have a comedy di logue offering and Lynn and Lorey are an eccentric comedy duo. lLots of smart quips and jokes are sprung by Harry Dean, a versatile comedian. For the final half of the week the great Willlam Fox special, “Does It Pay?"” starring Hope Hampton, will be the | feature. The fyuclxm also announces | for an early engagement Harry In- gall's “Checker Girls" musical com- | edy, with Al Lemo gain in a com- edy role, "v ! “A Woman of Paris” is a picture | that such a name suggests. It has to | do with an innocent little French girl V who driven from her father’s home is | about to elope with her childhood’s | sweetheart when she is led to believe that he is false to her. She goes to Paris alone, falls in with the fast set, becomes the paramour of a wealthy man and earns the name “A Woman of Paris'" ious na- | 1 TOUISE LOVELY AT CAPITOL, ‘When Louise Lovely comes to the Capitol as the special attraction with hLer company of five people, she is not attempting something new in her pro- fessional career, but is simply revert- ing back to her old love—the stage. | Miss Lovely is fortunate in having Wilton Welc¢h as her leading man and will present the delightful stage nov- elty “A Day at the Studio,” in which she actually makes Motion Pletures on the stage. At the matineces chil- dren are selected from the audienee, | and Miss JLovely personally directs them in many pretty motion picture | | emotional scene for the | “The Spanish Dancer.” scenes. (At the evening performances | the opportunity of displaying thei talents for the screen.) The audi {too are not neglected for they “shot” for, the screen for each per- formance. It is said to be one of the most interesting entertainments on the vaudeville stage. As a final, Miss Lovely herseif enacts a big| camera. There will also be several other fine Keith acts. The photoplay feature | cn this bill will present Pola Negri in In this pfo- duetion Pola is seen as o gypsy dancer of sunny Spain with the support of an | | excellent cast including Antonio Mor- eno. Her “Spanish Dmncer” should prove her most popular picture, GUE OF Starting today for a week's engage- | “The | will offer a merry musi- ment the Palace League of Nonsense,” “That Old Gang of Mine” A serenade melody won- derfully fox- trotted by the California Ramblers and sung in close harmony by the Shannon Four on Co- lumbia Rec- ords. A-3970 A-3976 TONIGHT—TUESDAY—WEDNESDAY KEITH VAUDEVILLE = Featuring — LOUISE i The Winsome Mov: in LOVELY ie and Stage Star ‘A Day At the Studio’ Miss Lovely will take real moving pictures at each performance with volunteers in the audience in the parts. Those desiring to take part apply now at box office. Children especially invited. Pictures will be shown following \\'eek. OTHER KE]TH ACTS (PANISH DANCER NY in "onrtmg Youth” are | cal comedy whirl with a great cast of 20 entertainers. Frank Smith and ’,\lli:e Bagley are the featured princi- | pals with the show and many will probably remember Mr. Smith as the | stuttering comedian that was featured {at' one time with Marty Dupre | pany. * The offering includes few wvaudeville specialties offéring singing, dancing and music. The chorus must be given special mention |as they are an excellent group of | singing do specialties, quite a | the big hits of the show. | will like the “League of Nonsense” |as it is real entertaining from start to finish and there is not a dull mo- { ment throughout. They will remain all week changing the show on Thurs- | day. Bubbling with thritl with rgal jall things dominated by the popular | | comedienne, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett's latest and most eclaborate | | production “The Extra Girl” is sched- uled as the principal screen attrac- ‘tlon at the Palace the first three days. | Mack Sennett is a master hand at production yet credit must be given his fertile brain for the original story |that he has given Miss Normand, | Coming Events Cast their Shadows Before! Alreadythereisanun- recedented demand or seats for the open- ing performance of LILLIAN GISH In HENRY KING’S Prodaction of The White Sister Consider her past triamphs: “Birth of a Nation” smart comedy, a romance and above Then you will have justa faint idea of the great treat in store for you at] i WEEK STARTING NDAY NIGHT, MAR. 2 ALL SEAT: RU\H POPULAR PRICES Augmented Orchestra \VOMANJ ot PARIS ? &dna Purviance Writren and Directed by CHARLES CHAPLIN A broken telephone call the little thing that turns a village girl into a woman of Paris—the toy of a rich bachelor in the world's gayest city. FINE VAUDEYH LADIES’ MATINEES ALL THIS WEEK Escept Sat. This Conpon and 10¢ Will Admit Any Lady To Best Seats, COMING NEXT WEEK “CHECKER GIRLS” With AL LEMONS com- | and dancing girls who also | among which the toe | dancing of five of the girls is one of | Everyone | The Extra Girl” supplies the star with a role that give the star every opportunity to reveal those deeper and finer elements of her acting which have never until *“The Extra Girl” | production heen fully disclosed. On Thursday with the change of | program Richard Dix and lLois Wil- | son will be scen in “The Call of the | canyon.” | “THE WHITE SISTER” AT PALACE | | It isn’t often you can get a vol- cano to work when vou want it to, but Henry King, the director of “The White Sister,” starring Lillian Gish, | which will be shown at the Palace | theater starting March 2 was able to | photograph a violent eruption of Mt. | | Vesuvius just in time for the final | scenes of the F. Marion Crawford | story, which call for exactly the kind | {of an explogion that happened. | When the picture comes to - the | | Palace theater film audiences will | |get an extra thrill out of knowing |that the exploding crater and the lava are real, and that Miss Gish, | Mr. King and the rest of company | | were right on the spot. 'I]REAT WAR COMING EVANGELIST SAYS' E L. Cardey Sees Prophecy of Conlict in Bible | “The supreme crisis of history has| | come. The world is preparing for | another war. There are more men junder arms in Europe today than! there were in 1914, There will never [be world peace until He, Jesus| | Christ, shall come to.set up His own | kingdom of Glory.” | Thus declared Evangelist 1. L. | Cardey in his second lecture on Bible | Prophecy yesterday afternoon at the -1ycuum theater. Another large audi- [onrn‘ was on hand to hear the |evangelist. The musical program ‘\hls good, Miss Trouchet was sick, | but the audience greatly enjoyed the! molnn rendered by Miss Mildred | | Cowles of Hartford. Among other | thim{n Mr. Cardey said in his lec- tur | he world now has a war debt of | u)n!‘ hundred and twenty-five billion; | 1y¢-| the nations of Burope are making | | greater preparation for war llmn‘ wthey were in 1913, About 90 p\r} cent of the revenues of nations (n‘ modern times is spent on the cost o ‘paul or future wars. , One of our‘ modern battleship could destroy the! | world’s fleets of 150 years ago. | "While there is a great talk of | peace, the world moves on in a mad | race of war preparation, The lead-! {ers of the nations do not understand |the reason for it themselves, as they have confessed many times of late. | The answer is found in Rev. 16: H \ll reads thus: ‘For they are spirits | [of devils, working miracles, which go | forth to the kings of the earth, and | of the whole world, to gather them | to the battle of that great day of God | Almighty x x x the battle of Arma- | | geddon.” We should take into |count the propheey and the events taking place all about us. The signs| indicate a coming deluge of war, and | |hot a time of peace until the Prince | | of Peace shall come in glory. Of this | time Paul says: ‘When they shall Myl TONIGHT AN HONESTLY MADE FURNITURE . HONESTLY . LOW _ PRICES THI HANDSOME COGGSWELL SUITE consisting of Davenport, Chair and Wing Chair has just been received and we have included it in our sale at a remarkably low price. Every piece is thoroughly well made and has reversible down filled cush- ions which adds much to the luxury of the suite. The pieces are covered with a fine grade of tapestry of the newest design. You may purchase one, two, or three pieces of this suite. We have other fine W B s Suites in all different designs, and covers. Some as -+ $169.00,$219.002" $229.00 . B.C.PORTER SONS “Connecticut’s Best Furniture Store” de- uml then sudden upon them, peace and safety, struction cometh | they shall not escape.'—1 Thess, § Surely we are in the time of preparation, and God calls upon all | | the earth to make ready for his com- in Next Sunday Mr, Cardey will speak upon the subject “Spiritnalism ¥Kx- posed,” and will show Mmany spirit pictures, L1OX The Lions club will met at Odd el- lows hall at 6:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. This is to be the last meet- | ing of the club at Odd Wellows hall, The speaker of the evoning will be ac- | Charles Dow, Btate Director of Child |jng detrimental to the church, Weltare, - On March 5 @ medting of the club will held at the Newing- ton Grange where a turk or will be served, Hereaftor ‘the the club will be held at Burritt hotel, D ALL WEEK The Merry Musical Comedy Whirl “LEAGUE OF NONSENSE"” with Frank S and a Gre; 20 mith and Allie Bagley at Cast of Entertainers—20 GREAT DANCING CHORUS ! Pretty Girlies Mabel Normand - ) - [ ‘Th e tra Girl”’ You'll Laugh, Cry and Get Hysterical Watch- ing Mabel's Greatest Photoplay. Great Comedians Extra—The New “LEATHER PUSHERS” - Thursday — RICHARD DIX and LOIS WILSON in “The Call of the Canyon” ings of | Elihu | 'MECKLER, MURPHY AND = RADIO SEEN AS AN AID TO RELIGION,_ 222 ot ; Present Are Leading in the City League \Bridgeport Clergyman Preaches| | Bmadcasung B | s L e | [tion Co. with 16 players and three | prizes, The tournament will last 15 Bridgeport, Feb, —Pastors will| weeks, cach player playing each other ’h. obliged to give 0( their best 10 |once around, The tournament is hold their congregations in competi-|causing a great deal of Interest on tion with radio, but, rather than be-|account of the number of close games, radio| Some of the best players in the eity Below iy the standing of week's games: w. may become the greatest assct it has|ure entered, ever had, the Rev. Dr. Chester . /last | Marshall, former New York preacher, now pastor of the [irst Methodist | Murphy church, deciared last night in a ser-| Mecklin {mon on “What Will the Radio Do to|Dahlgren . {the Church?" | Hall | While radio undoubtedly will in- Bloom terfere with attendance to a large de- | Frisk . | gree, the broadcasting of sermons and | Kasprow .. | religious services ecannot usurp the |Gagnon power and ministry of the church, |Noonan the Rev, Dr. Marshall declared. Rice "Radio may do tremendous things, | Lanza but we have God's promise that where Crane we assemble in His name He makes Perry it possible for us to worship as we|Scapaletti cannot otherwise possibly do,” he|Young |said. “With those who hear the most | | distinguished preachers who broad-| |cast, it is going to make them im. | patient with their own pastors, who cannot, in the very nature of the ca be expected to complete, Reapaletti vs. Lanza, “The radio can supply the voice, but | Kasprow, Dahlgren vs. Gagnon, Riel not the spirit,” he explained “No | ve. Murphy: heart is ever kindled into holy flame | Wednes by even the most eloquent voice Young, Crane vs. alone.” Frisk Comparatively few people ever will Thursday night: Scapaletti vs. Hall, be converted and brought into the Lanza vs. Rice, Noonan vs. Perry, church by the radio sermon, the Murphy vs. Groman, pastor asscrted. Yet he pointed out there is every indication that {the church will utilize it in the largest measure. “If all preaching were to be car- ried on by radio, home and forcign | missions would die within a year; and the missionary spirit is the one sal- | vation of the Christian church today,” he declared “The spirit of Christian hood and co-operation would die had to ed upon radio.” P.C, 1.000 1.000 1.000 500 500 500 500 .600 500 500 500 000 D - e e e 03 88 005 e e e e e e S S S e (.lmm This Week Monday night: Young vs. Perry, Noonan vs, Gagnon, Crane ve. Frisk, Bloom vs, Groman, Meckler vs. Hall, Tuesday night: Dahlgren v night: Meckler va, Kasprow, Bloom va. AUTO l\ OCKS DOWN GIRIL. Pius Oshana of 25 Allen street re- ported to the police Sunday that his car had struck Miss Winifred Lake of 26 Liberty street, Miss Lake and Miss Katherine Sampson of 24 Lib- erly street ran in front of Oshana's car at the intersection of Main and Church streets, and Miss Lake was struck by the right front fender and knocked down. She was taken to the New Britain General hospital by Po« liceman Masscy and was found to be uninjured. Oshana was not held by the police who rd the testimony of several eye withesses of the aeels dent brother. if it MUSS()LINI REPLIES sharply Reproves Landlords for Com- ~hr-|lt-rmz the n»mnmx “Why don't you get rid of no good hound, Charlie?” “1 jest kept him for sentimental reasons—my wife hates him.” it When the fSingess "dm-tflg L Henry TA seliciovs way 1o 084 epeed plaint and Accuses Them of Taking that Advantage of Tenants 26.—~Landlords an who ® Romé, TFeb, building contractors of Italy Premier Mussolini a telegram re complaining of a new decree certain privileges to ter « sharp reprof from the day. In their complaint declared the ewly-is wonld discourage new and that it had shak of the lar the Fase Signor Muss The land elves incag ous decree use th ts receive premier to andlords decree ruction n the confidence nstrue in his reply tors in or shown them- able of fiting by & exort They only nti-socially ibe has not its duties, nt must find ways to benefit of all protest, is and must that tantly realize rights but The governm adjust matters for the the citizens. 1 reject your which in its manner at this time absolutely inopportune.’ The previous decree gave the land- | jords freedom to charge any rent they could get, while the latest measure curbs rent-raising activities. ry its ve Henry! A Fine Candy 10c Frerwchere e Ry o - Fedic MIIMI* in Order Your hardware dealer me to collect the bill Collector has employ yoga owe him W on obtaining tion.—Goas #ardwa eongratn- permanent posi