New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1924, Page 5

/A\ Unless otherwise Indicated, theatrical notices and reviews o #his column are wreitten by the press agencies for the respective amasement company. ; ’ ‘ LT ] | o e Tty I g FICITEPIITIVIPVITIPITIVIROTPIPIPI PP GPIOTPITTEITE T “THE COVERED WAGON", James Cruze's mighty photopley production, “The Covered Wagon," | which has thrilled the nation for a year and a half had its premler showing in this city last night at the Palace where it will continue all week, Big crowds came out last wvening to sce this fine masterplece and the theater was Jammed to capacity, many hundreds being iurned away. A big feature with the photoplay is the muste, the orig- inal score being used by an aug- mented orchestra of 12 pieces under the direction of George Tourtelotte, who s giving thegtergoers the best music ever heard in any local the- ater. American history? There may be of a division opinion between the Revolution, the | Civfl War, the winning of the west, ' and so on, but certainly the last ndmed has had a tremendous bear- ing upon the development of the American nation. The hardy pioneers who wrested from the earth the yellow metal, the werifices made by the homeseekers «ho braved the hardships and perils of the miles of prairie, mountain and river to gain the western promised and—these facts bulk large in the | development of America. Thus is the story of “The Cov- red Wagon,” an epic of the great wagon trains, which in '48 crossed CAPITOL Tonight, . Tues.,, Wed. KEITH VAUDEVILLE Featuring = COTTON PICKERS presenting a Company of all white entertainers, char- acterizing the . southern negro DU FRAINE & CRAIG HARRY LA VAIL & SISTER LYNN & HOWLAND MYERS & NOLAN It IS a Trlumph! Cecil B. DeMille presents “TRIUMPH” with LEATRICE JOY and ROD LA ROCQUE Hundreds Turned What 1s the most vital period m‘ the plains to Oregon from Westport Landing, Mo. There will be a speelal perform- ance for school children cach day 'at 4:15 for 10 cents. The matinees offer all seats rush and at the eve- ning show the orchestra, boxes and loges are reserved with the balcony seals rush. Reserved seats may be purchased at the theater box office |from 10:30 a. m. to 9:00 p. m, VALENTINO AT LYCEUM. Rodolph Valentino at the head of a cast of 88 American beauty girls, prize winners at civic contests, 18 a |special added attraction at the Lyceum the first three days of the woek, being shown in conjunction with “Cornered,” ~ starring Marie Prevost, Rockliffe I'ellowes, Ray- | mond Hattan, John Royce and Cissy IFitzgerald. For the final three days of the week the Lyceum will show Victor | Hugo Halperin's great romance of | two worlds, “When a Girl Loves.” |1t is a thrilling story of a young 'girl's enduring love through revo- lution in Russia and strife in Amer- {ica. Agnes Ayres ds the girl. | George Sicgmann has the heavy roll | of the Russian mlilitary dictator, |and Perey Marmont also has a fine part. | “COTTON PICKERS” AT CAPITOL | The vaudeville attraction at the ' Capitol starting today for the first half of the week presents the Keith | headliner, |is an aggregation of all white art- |ists characterizing the southern ne- | gro. Other acts on the bill include | Harry LaVail and Sister in “Aerial Perfection,” DuFraine and Craig in “Scrambled Matrimony,” Myers and | Nolan, song and dance artists, and | songs and comedy at the piano. That critical minds can find no fault with the realism displayed in | Cecil B. DeMille’s new. picture, “Tri- umph,” is the claim made by those | who have scen the new Paramount | production. “Triumph” is due at the Capitol theater today. The featured players are Leatrice Joy, Rod La Rocque, Victor Var- ‘conl, Charles Ogle, Julia Faye, Theo- dore Kosloff, Robert Edeson, ZaSu Pitts, Raymond Hatton and George Fawcett. LYCEUM Now Playing “CORNERED" with \ MARIE PREVOST The most Thrilling Mystery Picture of the Year “The Cotton Pickers.” It | [Lynn and Howland in a serles of‘ COUNTESS SALY NOW 15 WOTHER Son Born--Count Still Is in Earope ‘ New York, Sept. 20.—A son was % |born to the Countess Ludwig Salm- Von Hoogstraeten, formerly Miss Mary Millicent Rogers, daughter of Colonel and Mrs..Henry Huddleston RRogers of this city, on. Saturday !afternoon at the Lippincott sani- Itarium, 667 Lexington avenue, | where it was anpbounced last night | that Von Hoogstraten 1is now in | the south of Europe. Miss Rogers was married to the Count in the Municipal building on January 9, without the assistance of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers refused to apprové their daughter's cholce, and it was reported at the time that | they had cut off her allowance had had made legal arrangements for diverting to some one else the $40,- 000,000 legacy which was to have gone to her. Later Countess Salm left for Eur- ope with her husband, where she remained until she was visited by her father, with whom she re- turned to this country, and at whose estate in Southampton she has passed the summer. She is the granddaughter of the late H, H. TRogers of Standard Oil, and at the time of her marriage was 20, and the Count, who is the head of the Austrian house of Sa!m-Von Hoog- straeten, was 40, Countess Salm-Von Hoogstraten has not announced her future plans. | Both her mother and-father were | at the sanitarium when the birth of ithe eight-pound son was an: | nounced, but no indication has been given regarding the future home of the Countess or whether she will join her husband in Europe or be | joined by him here. | One of the latest wonders of sci- ence is the man-made reproduction of minerals. DANCE — at — MIDWAY Wed. Eve. Music by WHITMORE CLU ORCHESTRA Corner West Main and Wooster Sts. Plainville Road Dancing every night With Our Automatic Piano Tickets for Away Last Night Get Your Seats Early and Avoid the Rush ALL THIS WEEK The Greatest Thrill Show On Earth! The Coyered Wa¢don’ SEE—The Pioneers Attacked hv & JAMES CRUZE sroovenad agmmgun Thousands of Real, Yelling Indians! THE RAGING PRAIRIE FIRE! Hundreds of men, women and children, horses and oxen with their two-mile wagon train, live the perilous, glorious days of pioneers who blazed the trail of American civiliza- tion! 49 with these hardy Thousands of actors headed by J. 'Warren Kerrigan, Lois W |Iqon. hrnect Tonence All Seats Rush Matinees at 2:15 | [ —35¢c— | Evenings at 8:15 Orch. reserved .... 75¢ Balcony Rush . 35¢ Children After School Each Day 4:15—10¢ Box office open daily 10: 00 A. M. to 9:00 P. M. | The Danciog-Wusical Comedy ANDREW BASSO’S CONCERT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 are on Sale at C. L. Pierce & Co. Quality Smoke Shop M. J. Kenney, and Walsh & Holfelder e BSLBLEEH5L858 888006088809 HOLY TRINITY G. R. CRURCH FAIR DUDJAR'S HALL Sexton Street Sept. 13, 15, 20, 27, 20 Benefit Church Building Fund Entertainment and Dancing FOPPPITIVVIIIININNINENIOP ” 3 NIGATS PARSUN SHEM\\'M; MONDAY | MAT. WEDNESDAY HARTFORD HENRY W. SAVAGE offers ADA-MAY —in— “LOLLIPOP” Sensation. Original N. 1. cast, iocluding FLORENCE WEBBER EVE. 80c.—$2.50 WED. MAT. 50c.—$2.00. G T DAY, OCTOBER 2nd Popular Matinee Saturday SAM H. HARRIS presents MARGARET LAWRENCE LYNN STARLING'S NEW Comedy “INHIS ARMS” Staged by GUTHERIE McCLINTIC PRICES: Eve. 50c.—£2.50. Sat. Mat. 50c.—$1.50. MAIL ORDERS NOW SEATS TUESDAN \ | mines at Petershurg, Wis. Margaret Schmitfranz, the machine, was killed. Here is what a tornado can do to an automobile. closed ear, of which this is all that remains, was picked up and hurled 300 feet through, the air during thQ storm at Thorp, An en- three, one of the occupants of Her mother was seriously injured. 'GIRL PLAYS BUGLE CALLS FOR YETERANS AT NOROTON Marjorie Gibney, 15, Delights Men Who Took Part in Civil War Echoes of the days of ‘61 to 65 were heard the soldiers’ home at Noroton yes- terday when' Marjorie Gibney, 15- vear-old daughter of Mortimer Gib- the Girl Scouts drum corps played for the veterans some of the old army bugle calls which they had not heard for years. Again and again the sound of reveille, which recalled to the minds of the veterans of the that call up the rocky slopes of Lookout Mountain or wrested vic- tory from the face of the rehel and “taps’ when they performed the last sad rites for their fallen comrades and bugles sounded “Lights out” requested by the aged veterans. One ten his age, begged Miss many times to repeat these two and other calls, explaining that he too | had been a bugler in those stirring times of the Rebellion and her play- ing brought back vivid memories. All through the institution, even into the hospital Miss Gibney's bugle carried the veterans back more than a half century. Miss Gibney was one of a party of 50 from New Britain and 20 from Bris- tol who motored to the home, The visit was under the auspices of Stanley Post, G. A. R, and allied or- ganizations. Gifts of truit, candy and tobacco were conveyed to the veterans, Other features of the program row and group singing. and especially the music enjoyed. Among those who were in group were five “comrades” New Britain. 8 H. Woods, com- mander of the local post; W. I Sternberg, adjutant; L. D. Charles Whaples and G. E. the Root. Total of 162,174 crude rubher was imported into the United States in the first 1924, long tons of resounding throughout | Civil War days when they followed | were | negro veteran, so old he has forgot- | Gibney | included violin music by Fred Yar- | Most of the wongs were of Civil War days ' in the hospital was from | Penfield, | halt of | Keep Smiling with @ Quaker Range to help you 1t’s easy to have time offand be happy when your kitchen is equipped with a labor saving Quaker UP WITH THE SUN | Prince of Wales Arises Early Sun- | day ana Hay' Fine Time Riding Around the Range, Calgary, Alberta, Sept. 20.—The | Prince of Wales arose with the sun | vesterday, rode the range until noers and returned to his ranch in time fto meet his luncheon guests, Mayor G. H. Webster, of Calgary, Mrs, W. I.. and Miss Carlyle, and two repre- | Ness houses; ney of Park street and'a bugler in ' scntatives of the Canadian National | moval ot steps leading to buildings The party spent the af- n\lwn the steps extend out on the | Railways. ‘vvrnflan walking. along the river ‘lumk enjoying the brisk air of the| | Canadian autumn. | The prince is thoroughly enjoying hil stay at E-P ranch. “Topping” was his description of the week-end. Saturday the prince rode the range before breakfast, stacked hay | until noon, shot duck and pheasants {on a neighboring ranch and wound up the day's activity with a ride over the range as the sun was set- ting. | The neir to the seemed to enjoy arrived in the flelds Saturday to find the “hands” busy stacking hay. He seized a pitchfork and set to work. The prince and his party worked vigorously until noon when the dinner bell rang. British throne farm work. He STRIKE TO CONTINUE. Glens Falls, N. Y., Sept. 29.—Two hundred dclegates of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Paper Makers and the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, in conference here, voted to continue the strike in Interna- tional Paper Company mills, which has been in force since May, 1921, DR. HOSTETTER DIES 28.—D. Pitts- Pasadena, (Cal, Herbert Hostetter, hurgh manufacturer, ' disease at his winter home here yes- Sept. wealthy yBanish Pimples By Using Cuticura Soap to Cleanse Ointment to Heal Try our new Shaving Stick. died of heart| BABY HILLED, 5 PROPLE INJRED Fatality Occurs on -Highway Near Torrington Torrington, Conn,, Sept, 29.—One infant was killed and five autoisis were Injured as the result of a wreck of a Bridgeport automobhile at Castle Bridge on the Torrington- Thomaston road yesterday. Dorls Horton, elght-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Horton of Bridgeport, is dead and the injured are Dorothy Horton, twin sister of Dorls, slightly injured. Simpson Bell, possible fracture of the jaw and shaken up. Mrs. Simpson Bell, Injuries to chest and internal injuries. Mra. Alice Rarkins, possible frac- ture of leg. Mrs. Clyde Horton, mother of Doris and Dorothy, bruised and cut and possible internal injuries All were taken to the Charlotte Hungerford hospital here. | Olive Perkina, driver of the car who was uninjured, was arrested by the state police and held for the coroner. Ciyde Horton wis not in- jured. MAY CLEAR SIDEWALKS A meeting of the ordinance com- mittee of the common couneil will be held October 9 to draft an ordi- nance restricting the practice of placing advertising signs and cases, ‘H'ui[ stands, etc.,, in front of busi- also to order the re- | sidewalk line. The committee will discuss the proposed law with Cor- poration Counsel John H. 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