New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1924, Page 5

1 T N ~ Unlows otherwise Indicated, Sheatrics) written by the press agoucies’ for { BURLESQUE AT PALACE. For the first time in & good many years New Britain is going to have the opportunity of seeing a bur- lesque show, for the Falace will offer for threé days starting tomor. row kddle Sullivan's “Stolen & mutual burlesque show with a company of 36 people. She show is promised as one of the very best on the Mutual wheel and boasts of a cast of splendid principals that includes Margie Pennette, one of the cleverest soubrettes in burlesque; I'rank FPenny, 8moke Johnson, Mau- rice DeVine, Billy Wainwright, Grace Howard, K Grace Treamont and the famous ‘“Stolen Sweets” chorus of 20 lively girls,. Special scenery, brilllant electrical effects, stunning costumes, arc carried by this show. The production is staged in 12 scenes and two acts and is a maze of color, fun, song and dance, with speclalty features that will make the audiences sit up and take notice, There will be no photo- plays offered with this show as it is a regular two and one-half hour produetion, the first that this ecity has seen since the passing of the old Russwin Lyceum with its legiti- Sy ne AV e ) fi uotices 4nd seviews 8 Wi coluip are & the respoct/ve amusemen! company. : aad LU2 L0 LA 0 mate shows. There will ;be two performances dally with popular prices, the matinees starting at 2:16 and the cvening performapee . at 8:16. The scats will all be 'rysh. Ladles are particularly requested to attend the popular matinees and big houses should greet this show as no doubt exists but what it will be the talk of the town, A real good at- traction 1s “Stolen Sweets" and something that the local public does not see-every dny. QUINTETTE AT OAPITOL. Tonlght is the last showing of the special Fall Carnival Week program [at the Capitol of the show which | has played here the first half of the week. There are seven fine Keith acts featured and “In Hollywood With Potash and Perimutter.” 'To- morrow the entire show changes and. brings seven more Keith acts that will more than entertain Capi- | tol patrons. Topping the bill for the last three days will be the Para- mount Quintette, brilliant soloists in “Song Gems” The Paramount Quintette is composed of five bril- liant soloists; each one has achieved reputation in either concert or opera. FALL CARNIVAL WEEK THURS. — ANOTHER BIG SHOW O 7—KEITH FRI, — SAT. F GREAT ATTRACTIONS ACTS—T7 Featuring A Sparkling, Dashi ng, Miniature Revue “WILLIE'S RECEPTION” With 5 Clever Entertainers GREAT JOHNSON The Aerial Star TABOR & GREEN Two Dark Nights GARO & COSTELLO A Smart Couple ~ GOLDEN ~ LEROY & LYTTON Nifty Nonsen}e & WHITE “SYNCOPATERS” PARAMOUNT QUINTETTE BRILLIANT SOLOIS' TS in “SONG GEMS” THE THR] ILL KING! RICHARD TALMADGE m “IN FAST COMPANY” THRILLS—A Plenty LAUGHS—Galore ACTION—Oh Boy! CONTINUQUS SHOWS Other aots on the bill will include Gara and Costello, a man and wom, an singing and talking offering thal contains.many original and, witty lnes; LeRoy and Lytton: have comedy skit that Is capable of bring- ing laughs from the audiendes at any show; Tabor and Greene, “Two DT'! Nights/' are a ocolored actso abllity. . “Willie's Receptiop” 18 th title of a minlature revue played b five cappble players. There story onough to provide humorous situa- tions and hearty laughs with a song and dance aplenty and scenery and costumes enough to please the eye, Golden and White are Smart Syn- copaters. They give their songs a certain expresslon which has caused jthem to be known as one of the best singing acts in vaudeville, The Gront Johnson is a contortionist but unlike others in his line, he per- forms his stunts on a rapidly mov- ing trapeze. The feature photoplay 1 will offer, the famous stunt king, Richard Talmadge, - in his latest thriller, “In Fast Compan; Rich- ard ‘Talmadge in this new plcture displays a new lina of spectacular thrills that wilk be to the delight o' the audience. There are to be con- tinuous shows dally. Starting Sun- day night fQr four days the Capitol will feature “Barbara Frietchie.” ——— GOOD SHOW AT LYCEUM The Lyceum is offering an excep- tionally good vaudeyille show 1in connection with the showing of “His Hour,” the dramatized version of the story by Elinor Glyn which stars Alleen Pringle and John Glibert, The Gray Family, the headline act, presents a likely group of six young- sters ranging from 14 to six years. They present a few jazz specialties, some Scotch novelties and feature several popular songs in their mini- ature revue, Rodero and Maley In “Don’t Be a Guy Like That,” mix comedy with some high grade hits of elocution and music, The other acts are also good numbers, featur- ing “Ain’t She Dumb,” by Creigh- ton and Bryan and Alven and Ken- ney in a singing and dancing skit. Starting tomorrow there will be a brand new vaudeville show which will feature a big time band num- ber. Fred Lewls' Rhythm Makers is a classy outfit of bandmen who play everything from the latest jazz ‘to the sentimental ballads. Other acts of comedy and variety will be shown. PALACE Last Time Tonight to See the Laugh King Harold Lioyd “Hot Water” 4 Days Beginning Sunday GLORIA (WAN ferimen sl s PARSONS’ HARTFORD 3 NIGHTS BEG. THUR, Matinee Saturday. ROBERT B. MANTELL GENEVIEVE HAMPER REPERTOIRE Tomorrow—“RICHELIEU"” MERCHANT OF VENICE™" ~"AS YOU LIKE IT” e ~“KING LEAR" 50c.-$1.50 Fri e 50¢.-52.00 —Seat' Sale Ope: — WEEK NOVEMBER 17. Matinee—~Wed. and Sat. JOHN GOLDEN Presents Years ‘Booth Theater, N, Y. Night Prices §0c. to $2.50, Wednesdny Matinee—Best Seats $1.00 Sat. Mat.—30c. to $1.50, Mail orders now——Seats Friday. £y 2 Al b Bigive 5 iy “SAYS 0D M +on) Clims Terpsichoroan Art In- oreases Man's Longevity —— New York, Nov. 11,—~"Begin danc- Ing and add 20 years to your lif Julus Moldenhauer, 79 years old, of Hartford, Conn,, advised as he ar- rived on the Scandinavian American liner Oscar IT from a visit to Co- penhagen. He .expressed the bellef that if the doctors will only permit him to continue his terpsichorean activities, he will live to be 100, Mol- denhauer wus for many years chief adylser of the state farm bureau at 'Albany, Six fect tall, with a flowing white beard, the old man, who is the father of Dr, J, V. Moldenhau- er, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church of Albany, N. Y., sald he lad danced his way “to Europe and back again,” “Rough weather?”" he laughed. “Sure we had plenty of it, but it did not stop me, I danced when- ever I heard music and I can't stop: until they play ‘Home Sweet Home." “My son object to my dancing? no siree, he dances himself and I taught him most of the steps he knows,"” Mouldenhtuer said he gave up dancing 35 years ago but resumed it ‘again ten years ago, after the doctors had told him not to engage in violent exercise. ~Although he prefers the old-fashioned dances to the modern steps, the old man ex- plained he “adapts” himself read- ily to the new music. Women passengers aboard the ship. confirmed this and said: “He was lighter on his feet .than the younger men.”, —CAPITOL— " Beginning Next Sunday DON'T MISS IT! Children’s Show After School 4:15 — 10c LYC TONIGH HIGH CLASS ELINOR GLYN’S Aileen Pringle and John Gilbert Also— N . 'WEDNESPAY, NOVEMBER 12, D AN[;'M HE”)L’“, ‘BQY SHWTS GRANDHOTHER ‘ - Mistakes Loaded Revolver for His Toy Pistol and Firés Shot Which Fatally: Wounds Her, Bridgeport, Nov. 12,~Mrs. Mary Margeson, aged 00, of 68 King street, 18 in the St Vincent hospital mortally wounded by a bullet from 2 .82 callber revolver in the hands of her young grandson, elght years old, who belleved the weapon to be a toy pistol which hé owne Mrs, Mary' Margeson,™ according to a statement. made to the police by the boy's mother, was reading at the time of the accldent. The boy altracted, climbed onto the arm of the large chair, in which his grand- mother was sitting and reached for the revolver which was on the top shelf of a mantelplece. He then pointed the weapon at his grand- mother and pulled the trigger. ‘When ghe collapsed after the re- port of the discharge the youth, frightened, ran out of the room., Shortly after the shooting the boy's mother came into the room and found Mrs. Margeson, weak but still consclous. ' The bullet pene- trated her spine and lodged in her shoulder, Campaign to Bring Down Prices of Steak and Chop Parls, Nov. 12. —To . bring down the price of the family steak and chop, the federation of French pro- vislons traders has submitted to Premier Herriot a scheme for the importation on the hoof of 70,000 sheep and 20,000 cattle. Ten thous- and of the cattle and 30,000 of the sheep would be brought from the Argentine, and 5,000 cattle and 20,- 000 sheep each from Uruguay and Abyssinia. The federation spokesman claimed that this Importéd meat would be at least 10 cents 2 .pound under the price of the home-grown article, and succeeded in convincing the premier to the extent that the latter agreed to recommend that the minister of agriculture permit the plan to go into operation. Troops Fire Into Crowd To Stop Riot'in Greece - Athens, Greece, Nov, 12.—A lieu- tenant was killed and another officer and 15 soldlers were wounded in a clash-yesterday at Kavala between troops and communist workmen, who were trying to prevent tobacco from being sent out of a factory by non-union men. It is declared that the troops fired into the crowd only after suffering casualties. One wom- an was killed and six clvilians ‘wounded. Train and Auto Crash, R. R. Asks Damages Muskogee, Okla., Nov. 12.—Claim~ ing that one of its trains had been damaged to the extent of $4,000 when it struck a motor truck at a crossing near Stroud, Okla, The St. Louis-S8an Francisco railway .filed suit for that amount in United States district court against the owners of the truck, George Berry and: Tom Hughes. Opening of THE COLLEGIAN DANCING SCHOOL GRANGE HALL, BERLIN FRIDAY EV NOV. 14, 1924 ‘Whitmore Club Music Indgructions by J. F. SULLIVAN of New Britain Beginmers Class 7:30 to 8:30 Advance Class 8:30 to 11:30 EUM T ONLY “HIS HOUR” VAUDEVILLE Louis B. RSDAY — FRIDAY — SATURDA: Mayer All Wars Must End by 1931, Say “Peacettes” Berlin, Nov. 12—By 1081 all w must end, according to the plans of the German branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, The "peacettes” have decided to endorse and sup- port a seven years' world campaign to epd war, started under the au- splces of Gustave Spiller of Geneva. Mr, Splller was organizer of the first international moral education congress, held in London in 1908 and of the first universal races con- gress, held at the University of Lon- don In 1911, More recently he has been interested in the activitles of the league of nations. . The German women, i an appeal to support the seven years' cam- paign, point out that the problems of world peace is now largely of a political nature. They therefore ask all adherents of the world peace ideal to center their efforts upon the mgmbers of legislative bodles, leaders of political parties, cabinet ministers and the editors of polit- ical organs. ON PRISON FACULTY Leopold and Loeb, in Addition to Other Duties, Will Have Jobs Teaching Inmates. Behind Bars, Chicago, Nov. 12.—Nathan F. Leopold, Jr,, and Richard Loeb, serv- ing life sentences in the Joliet peni- tentiary for the kidnapping murder of Robert Franks, will be members of the faculty of the prison, Warden ‘Whitman anndunced. Leopold is teaching night classes in English, ‘devoting two hours a night in instruction in reading, writ- ng and speling, Next week Loeb will take charge of an arithmetic class, The duties will be in addition to their jobs in the prison shops. Moscow-Paris Air Route Planned by Society Moscow, Nov, 12.—Plans are un- der way for a direct aerial passenger service between Moscow and Paris. The first airplane over the projected route, which covers Strashourg, Prague, Warsaw, Vilna and Smol- ensk, arrived at Minsk yesterday, carrying the director .of the French soclety of gerial’ communication, which will direct the service, Regular. bi-weekly flights will he inaugurated early in the spring, the 1,500-mile journey to be covered in 19 hours by planes carrying eight passengers each. The niachines will be equipped with searchlights and other accessorie for night flying. The present railroad journey be- tween Moscow and the French cap- ital occupied nearly five days. Says Women Should Be Sent to U. S. Senate Lake Placid, N, Y., Nov. 12.— ‘Women should get behind six chosen women and send them to the United States senate, and then continue to send to congress women with brains who will present women's view- point to the government, Mrs. Ida Clyde Clarke, of New.York, journal- ist, told delegates to the 30th an- nual convention of the New York State Fedération of Women’s clubbs In an address here today. “We need women like Mrs, Carrie Chapman Catt in that old man's home, the United States senate,” said Mrs. Clarke. LAVITT--GREENSTEIN Miss Sadie Evelyn Greenstein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Greenstein of this city, will be mar- ried Sunday evening to Paul S. La- vitt of| Ellington, Conn. The cere- mony will be performed at the home of Rabbi Silverman in Hartford witn only the immediate families-attend- ing. ‘Following' the ceremony the couple will leave on a wedding trip through the south. PLANET DISCOVERED Univer. of California Astronomer Finds That Fast Moving Object in Sky is a Minor Plane(. Berkeley, Cal,, Nov, 12.—Primary calculations just completed under the direction of Prof. A. O. Leusche uér of the astronomical department of the University of California, and his assistants, reveal that the fast moving object discovered October 23, last, by Prof, Baade at Berge- dorf, Germany, 18 a minor planet moving in a highly eccentric ellipse at a high inclination to the ecliptic, close to the earth and near its peri- helion, sald an ' announcement by Prof. Leuschner today. The caleulations, the announce- ment said, were attended by great difficulties due to the discovery of errors in earlier observations, PROSPERTFY RETURNS 18 Shect Mills of Inland Steel Com- pany Announce Plans For Business Resumption, ! Chicago, Nov, 12.—A touch of aft- er-election prosperity has been given the industrial district in East Chicago, Indiana, by the Inland Steel company resuming operation of 18 sheet mills in a plant there. To handle added operations working crews were drafted from other mills where double shifts were at work. More units will be put into opera- tion soon, the company announced in the district which has operated on a part time basis for several months. From Office Boy to Chairman of Directors « New York, Nov. 12.—An office boy 32 years ago, Ernest Sturn to- day is the new chairman of the board of directors of the American Eagle, the Continental, and the Fi- delity-Phenix Insurance companies. Mr, Sturn went into the employ of the Continental company in 1892, and rose to the. position of vice-pres- ident and secretary of the allled companies before assuming his pres- ent office. As ehairman of the hoard of directors he succeeds the . late Henry Evans, who also started as an office boy. Patrol Border to Stop Smuggling Immigrants Winnipeg, Man.,, Nov. 12.—To combat the smuggling of aliens into the states of North Dakota and Min- nesota from Manitobs and Ontario, the United States border patrol is to be strengthened by additional motor patrols and guards, according to in- formation received by the Winnipeg police. Many aliens who - tried to evade the patrol have been captured since September 1, but with the strict infmigration laws, attempts are becoming more numerous and additional patrols are required to cope with the situation. POTATO CROP IN NEW ENGLAND Average Yield of 240 Bushels An Acre Totals 53,172,000 Wakefield, Mass,, Nov. 12—0n an average yield per acre of 240 bush- els the New England potato crop now promises 53,172,000 bushels, ac- cording to a bulletin issued today by the New England crop reporting service of the U. 8. department of agriculture. The crop of last year was 47,162,000 and the average from 11919 to 1923 was 40,431,000. Maine with an estimated crop of 38,480,000 bushels this year has 72 per cent of the New England total, Her crop in 1923 was 31,922,000 bushels and the five year average is 28,596,000. New Hampshire and Connecticut each has about the same quantity as last year, while Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island show considerably less, Jewels for Cl Pforghelm, Germany, Nov. One of the fow German Ind running on full time at the jowelry business here, which some wecks has been operating capacity to catch up with orders. ‘The manufacturers that most of the jewelry being. is of the higher grade, indicating & revival of purchasing' power among the well-to-do classes. Until a few months ago the bulk of the output was of the cheaper grade, with imis tation stones, ¥ PARKER IS PRESIDENT Clesson W, Parker was elected president of the public speaking class at the Y, M. C, A. last evenl Frank B. Rau was named vice. pl:J: dent and Howard M. Preb as elected secretary. The class now has 27 members, Last evening each member was required to give a'twe minute speech on the subject of suc- cess and hard work., Next Tuesday the members will chose their own subjects and will give a three min- ute speech explanatory of'the sub- ject. They will follow out their subject in subsequent speeches un« til each man has developed his own address. MRS. KEYES TO SPEAK HERE. Mrs, Frances Parkinson Keyes, wife of Senator Keyes of New Hampshire and author of the “Let- ters from a Senator's Wife,” pub~ lished in “Good Housekeeping,” will speak at the Camp school on Pros- pect street on Wednesday evening, November 19. She will talk on her life in Washington, POLICEMAN SLAIN Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 12.—A. B, ‘Wood, police sergeant, was shof to death here early today by one of four men whom he had arrested on a charge of stealing an automobile. The men escaped. . Gasoline now. sells for 14 -cents a gallon in Run-‘nls. 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