New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1924, Page 5

l"!' |I||p o o o E0 - "!li""“[.!:!sl iy |!II T 'N/ ‘e :; }_-:4 Unless otherwise indieated, theatriea) notices mad reviews o this colump are written by the press agencles for the respest''e amusemen! company G . RIAITO FOUR AT CAPITOL Tonight I the last showing at the Capitol of the splendid bill of Kelth vaudeville and Betty Compson in “The Garden of Weeds,"” which has been delighting patrons since Mon- Jay, Tomorrow the entire show changes and brings as the vaudeville feature, “The Rialte Four.” This is Broad- way's own quartet and the four men who comprise this are all soloists. Jack LaVere talks as much as the proverblal mother-in-law but everything he does or says is in the | epirit of jest, LaVerc is a monologist and his patter 18 bright, witty, and | divided. dancing, song, and comedy in abso* will offer charming Viola her new photoplay Your Husband. Here 13 a reyue that blends lute harmony, The photoplay feature on this bill Dana in “Don't Doubt Tteserved seats for the New Years | Bve Midnight Irolic, in which ten acts will be featured are now selling at the box office. MARY PICKFORD—LYCEUM “Tonight concludes the local show- ng of Mary Pickfdrd in “Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall” a photo- play that has made a great hit with LIBERTY STATUE ! COMES TO 175 OWN With Four Others They Are Made National Shrines | | | Washiogton, D, C, For 38 years Liberty looking down on New York harbor must have blushed under the reverent gaze of millions of ,immigrants, Only in October, 1924, did she come fiuto her own, officially — she was made a natlonal monument by an execu- tive order of Presldent Coolidge. The order reads that Fort Woaod, Dee. | original s local movie fans and admirers of Snow and Sigworth present thelr afjgq pPiekford in particular. On the Jatest offering, “Wishing,” & 1ttle ' game bill is a good vaudeville pro- | oddity In melody that will be found | gram, topped off wit hthe Tyson real entertaining. Arthur and Helen tevue, a music and dancing special- Millar will be well liked with thelr o musical offering that s a real novelty in that line. Here at least honors are even. Two amilles are equally presente in the act known as the Marcus Si ters and the Carlton Bros. The burden of making their comedy classique dance revue is also cqually PAL Tonight—Gloria Swanson VAUDEVILLE " THURS., FRIL, SAT. BUCK JONES || COWBOY”||| 1 —n “THE CIRCUS VAUDEVILLE Featuring “Dancing Elements”’ A Mighty Miniature Revue Depicting Air, Earth, Fire and Water With 8-DANCING GIRLS-8 New Year's Eve Midnite Frolic Presenting MARTY DUPREE | FOLLIE And Big Vaudeville Bill A 3 Hour Show Reserved Seats Selling LYCEUM TONIGHT ONLY Mary Pickford A DOROTHY VERNON HADDON HALL VAULDEVILLE [t If You Want to Know How the Police Check Crime, See INTO THE NET By Richard E. Enright Police Commissioner of New York 10 — Episodes — 10 Capitol Theater_ 26, — e | Starting Dec. 25, | for the screen I DANCING ELEMENT A’ Tomorrow the entire program is | changed and in addition to vaudeville offerings, reels and selected comedies, new there the latest news | the will be the latest release In the Jack | Dempsey “Fight and Win” The feature photoplay is “Welcomo | enterprising Jew with a real sense of humor overcomes a raclal pre- | Umlm of a small New England town, | tional monuments,’ series. | America, the Ne York, shall be made a na- tlonal monument. Fort Wood {8 no more and no less than the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. In the same order that made the Statue of Liberty what the Ameri- can people thought she was, four other military reservations or parts of them were set aside as natlonal monuments open to the public. One of these, Fort Marfon at St, Augn tine, Florida, 1s w others, Castle Pinc A ton harbor, Shuth Carolina; Pulaski, near Savannah, eGorg Au- and Fort Matanzas, near St, gustine, are less well known, What They Commemorate “A massacre which probably was | most terrible commlitted American sofl, the only intact exe ample of a medieval fort in North site where rifled guns first spelled the doom of parapets, Stragger,” the screen version of | scene of the Civil war's first shot | Aaron Hoffman's great DBreadway | and the first ssful submarine ! play of the same name. | attack, and modern world's It is a humorous story of how an | eqivaient of the Colossus of Rhodes — these are the incidents memorialized by flw five new na- says a bulletin | puts in on the map and becomes a ) of the Natlonal Geographic society leading citizen One of the most notable casts in a long time appear in this picture, It includes Dore Davidson of Hu- mo jue fame, TFlorence Robert Edeson, Virginia Browne lFaire, Willam V. Mong, Noah | Beery, Otis Harlan, Fred Butler and | Pat Hartigan “Welcome PALACE ing at the in her | photoplay hit “Wages * which is offered with an ex- | lent bill of vaudeville. Tomorrow and for the last half of the week the ogram changes and s attractions. The vaude- will be featured by nent, a minty minia Tonight is the last show | pPalace of Gloria Swanson latest show Danelng El revue depleting Alr, Farth, and Flre There are eight 4 ing girls in the ¢ Dancing Elements was originally produced by the in- comparable Paviowa and constituted a part of her valuable and extensive repertojre both here and abroad. The photoplay feature on this bill will offer Buck Jones in his latest out door story. “The Cirens Cowboy.” 1t is a tale of ce of a cow- ind a helle of the circus and the roma pune has p! as thrills and Tteserved s ing, ats for the New Years Eve Midnight Frolle are now selling at the box office. This show will feature M v & her Fol- lies fn a by show, also speelal bill of vaudevile, CAPITOL Tonight: BETTY COMPSON Vaudeville THURS.—FRIL.—SAT. KEITH VAUDEVILL! E Featuring The Rialto*Four Broadway's Own Quartet JACK LAVIER “All in the Spirit of Jest.,” | Snow & Sigworth Present Their latest musical offering i “WISHING” ARTHUR and HELEN MILLAR A Musical \mel(v Marcus Sisters and Carlton Bros. ( 'nmrd,\l'r‘ (nln~.~ique Dance Revue VlOLA DANA “DON'T DOU BT YOUR HUSBAND" NEW YEAR'S EVE MIDNITE FROLIC 10—BIG ACTS—10 NCING Evening DAN Every ROBIN HOOD INN Meriden, Conn. Vidor, | Matanza as adapted | tack the Huguecnot colony k and | Caroline, nty of heart throbs as well | from fits headquarters in Washing- ton, D. C “"History storles knits together the Fort Marlon and Wort the latter fifteen miles to the south, Don Pedro Menendez, [the ‘adelantado’ or governor of Florida, founded St. Augustine in | 1365 as a base from which to at- at Fort fifty miles north. Spain claimed the Huguenots trespassed | on their territory. But the Hugue- | nots, nch Protestants, who had come for relfgious freedom like the Pilgrims were to come 85 later, decided to surprise the “Thelr fleet swooped down on St. | Augustine but a IMlorida hurricane drove the Irench vessels on the beach some miles south, wrecking every vessel. After a forced march Menendez captured Fort Caroline. | All the defenders were killad and Wate Vater | o women and children were car- Returning to St. Augus- tine he rushed south to meet the shipwrecked French. They sur- | renderd unconditionally . “Binding the Mendendez started them in parties toward St. Augustine, Near tha site new national monument, he placed a firing Florida's white sand was ried away. squad stained with the blood of two hun- dred French that day. Matanzas in Spanish means ‘massacre One hundred and fifty French in & sccond party farther down tho coast, refnsing to trust Menendez, varished into the swamps and dls- appeared forover. Two years later | De Gour a French gallant, de- ended on the Spanish settlementy on the St. Jol r, taking re- venge fn kind, but Fort Marion was then him to attack, Limes, and | Gave Us Lemons, Oranges “I'nder the protection of the s of Fort Mar! first known i Juan de 6 and later as \Ink the Spanish introduced into America limes, lemons, citrona China and Seville these fruits which were to Florida famous were pros- g in St. Aug ne sands an- innovation destined to to America Menendez first African slaves to f coquina, = land coral stone, near St st was ng woe soft it Au- gustine about 1570 led to the de- plagement of the woode cture the material a visitor sees to- Fort Matanzas is soquina .4'! also. Thirty milllon dollars is the reported cost of Fort Marfon. When King Ferdinand IV heard this he exclaimed, ‘What! Ts this fort bulit of silver dollars? the war department keeps in air. Fort Marion ments wide enough f obile Its angled i 1 ¢ shaped sent towers, overlooking a grassy moat, complete a picture of old Spain “IFort Moultrie, that beat oft a 11776, and Fort Sum. ajevo, are ards to ( on harbor. twin g | These two forts are still in active so Castle Pinckney, an unused island, Shutes' Folly has on med a Jatlestc point where batteries po ired shot Into Sumter. Uni | forces used Cast Pinckney in their | final at Kk on Charleston, It was in this harbor that the first subma- rine, run Ly steam, torpedoed a ship during Civil war, but wert to th with its vietin > Pir v saw one of the PARSONS’ 3 Nights, Beginning Thursday HARTYORD MATINEE SATURDAY THE EMINENT ACTOR CYRIL MAUDE In Wis Greatest Success “ARENT WE ALL?” Fve. 50c.-§2.50 Mat. 50c.-$2.00 on arms of his prisoners oranges. | W BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, !)l‘](‘]‘)M'fi]iR 17, 1924, The Smile of Health T sale of Christmas seals. chance in life worthy of his smile. e more peaceful history, gift of 1876 on the centenary independence ralsed this two. a-half-acre oyster island of New Amsterdam to eternal fame. The Colossus of Rhodes in Asia Minor was one of the seven wonders of the world. Yet Liherty Eniightene ing the World rises to 131 feet above her pedestal, 26 feet higher than the reported height of the fallen wonder of the Near Jast. The American people immediately accepted Liberty with fervor and enshrined her as First Lady of Aperican history.” Crossword Puzzles Make Sweepers’ Work Easier New York, 1. ross word puzzles as brought about a reform in the hablts of readers who fo papers in suby ering the cars and orms. Pasengers who once dropped thelr papers in trains and on plat- forms now take them home. Tha revelation was made by a pa- Interhorough eailony Dec. Prevalence per collector for the Subway company who CEDAR CHESTS gifts. Moth Proof Chests. At o= $12.75 £24.50 £29.00 Iined Mahogany Walnut Chests At (edar £39 $4 FOR THE Carts S8.75 £9.75 $12.50 Children’s Chairs and Rockers Cribs High Chairs L1575 $25.00 .00 newWSpapers v One of the most popular Genuine Red Cedar £16.50 $19.75 £35.00 CHILDREN Splendid Heywood Doll e evolutio at has b in the habits of The company's income er has greatly am Toys from and o) £13.75 Tables WRITING DESKS £31.00 is baby, born of tubercular parents, is a prized item of | health propaganda for the National Tuberculosis Association’s Stamps are going to give o said e pop MEETING OF DE MOLAY Hale form. An invtiation has been extended to master masons to at their program. 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