New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1925, Page 19

- = g mllwi"" AN N ‘flmll“r@" Imnln II!II ll'l u qll'u < Usiess otherwise indicated, theatriea) notices and reviews o this column are written by the press agencies for the respoct're amosement company, CHARLES RAY AT PALACE “Dynamite 8mith,” shown for the first time yesterday at the Palace theater, where it will remain until Saturday, is a story so big, powerful and gripping’ that it lifts you out of yourself and sweeps you into a tu- mult of emotiors, You laugh and ery, gasp and thrill, You know terror and plty, cowardice and bravery, love and vengeance, It is an emotional explosion. No human being can see this poignant drama and not be moved by its mighty heart appeal, The Keith vaudeville blll is headed by the Five Ruby Girls in a very clever dance novelty, Other acts in- clude Irving Jones, a colored come- | dian; Smith and Lester in a batch of new songs cleverly sung; and James and Bernie Loster in a smart gym- nastic offering. Beginning Sunday night for a run of four days the big picture will present William Fox's “The Man .Who'Came Back” with George O'Brien and Dorothy Mack- | aill featured. RICHARD TALMADGE—CAPITOL The Keith vaudeville bill at the Capitol is topped by the Four Jan- sleys in a wonderful risley act, These four men offer the greatest gymnas- tic act seen here in many a day and their work is both thrilling and sen- - sational and performed with appar- ent ease. Other acts are McCormack and"Regay, a palr of very clever en- tertainers; Don Austin, the animator of ‘t1ié newspaper “Gumps” is en the bill with Tdith Cole, formerly Sou- sa's harpist in “Cartoonical—Music- | al Revue,” a novelty and unique presentation that pleased the au- diences.'very much; Brennan and ‘Wintie offér ‘“Modern and Oid Time | Songs."” Beck and TFerguson in “What Nots,” a collection of amusements that include everything in the game of entertainment and sent them off to big applause. The feature photo- play presents Richard Talmadge, the famous stunt king, in “American Manners,” a fast moving melodrama that keeps one interested from start to finish, A new chapter of “Into the Net” is also on the bill, “JANICE MEREDITH’ AT CAPITOL Janice Meredith,” Marlon Da- | vies's newest picture, which comes to the Capitol theater Sunday for a run of 4 days, is the most pretentious picture ever made by the Cosmopoli- tan Corporation, combining & charm- ing love story and a series of dra- matle thrills with the most important cvents in the founding of the Amer- can Republic. It is belng distributed by Metro-Goldwyn. Ior magnitude for dramatic sweep for sheer splendor and magnificence |of settings and costumes, it surpasses |anything heretofore accomplished by Miss Davies. And It is American to the core. Historlcal authorities on the period of the American Revolu- tion have pronounced it the most au- thentic picture of its kind ever pro- duced. It s from the famous novel by Paul Leicester ord, | TWO FEATURES—LYCEUM Two big features are being pre- sented at the Lyceum—*‘Discontent- {ed Husbands” with James Kirkwood as the leading man, pported hy a trong cast, and he Fighting American,” a comedy drama with a number of melodramatic The current progress likewise carries the latest news releases, selected comedies and the week-end serial in thrills. | Tin Tin, famous Belgian police dog, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1925, Guy Mater ano Lee Pattisorc [ It is really tremendous interest to local musical people, wood, is this first appearance on March 1st at the Capitol Theater of | as the Maier and Pattison, the world’s greatest exponents of two piano playing. Their recitals are alwys delightful and very amazing. The New Britain Musical Club considers itself fortunate in se- curing these artists. in the cast. The dog has a great part in this picture and really is the featured performer, Average Retaii Price of Food Shows Slight Rise Washington, I'eh, 20.—Another boost of 2 per cent in the average retall price of food in the month ending January 15 was reported by the department of labor today on the basis of figures from 51 cities. Thir- ty-five articles of food showed an | SHINMING SAVED LIE OF CHILD Today She Is One of World's Most Famous Women Los Angeles, Teb. 20.—Thirty-six | ing aquatie marvel of the tim records which have never beén broken, was starred in vaudeville, theaters, ‘and motion pletures, was sought after with salary offers of some $5,000 a week, That girl was Annette Kellerman, Now Annette Kellerman has quit the stage. She Is going to concen- trato all encrgles to give crippled children a training to rebulld physi- cally weak bodies, “I loved theatrical work so well I kept delaying fulfiliment of my early promise,” says Miss Keller- man. “But now I am definitely through with the stage to devote my life to helpless children. Little Billy Campbell of Los Angeles hurried Miss Kellerman's retirement from the stage. Billy couldn't play the games his chums played as both legs were in | stecl braces. But le was always | chosen as umpire, One day hecame to Miss Keller- man, downcast, No longer was he to be umpirs Politics within the gang had named another. Billy, it secemed, was doomed to the Hl‘lf'-wl lines Now Is the Kellerma The two the time,” sald Miss | night she refused | ach promising $5,000 a week salar She would take Billy,,and other llttle cripples, and help them to bedome strong in | body. Out in & broad valley of the Ver- | guo hills, 14 miles north of Holly- 1 old Spanish grant known dden Rancho." Miss lerman purchased 112 acres of scrub |and cactus, | There now she is building pools | |and clubhouses, tennis courts and | | dormitories. | In the pools children will he taught how to gain control of inefli- | il:lr\nr limbs. The course in.training | | starts with having the dren learn | | suspension in the water, Then a slight agitation of the wa- ter 18 effected, increasing, in later | day, until the legs move of their | own volition. Having learned to | suspend and move the legs in the | water, actual swimming is then en- couraged, glving strengthening excry | K e——— “The Busy Little Store” | ¢hild who can do one | Miss Kellerman has utilized a| downtown pool, pending completion | of “Hidden Rancho Already she has some pupils and the results have | been 80 marvelous that she i con- | templating starting such schools | throughout the country, “Four years' curative progross | made in three months,” pronounced | a doctor of one child, Another who | came to the school barely able to walk I8 fmproving so rapldly that in less than two years physiclans be- she will bo playing tennls and with no trace of a limp left., Every says those who have watche Miss Kellerman's efforts, shows 60 to 70 per cent improvement within a comparatively short time, “I do not want this effort to be considered charity,” says Miss Kel Jerman, *Of course, the little hoys and girls who come for the swim- . course will not be and others to he be made to pay school, established, will their own wa This will be accomplished by wa- | ter shows which Miss Kellerman will conduct through a women's club which she will operate in con nection with the schools. “I am more proud of this than of anything I have ever done,” Miss| Kellerman says, i dyving which is wonderfid to watch the of that Inferiority complex accompanies affliction. The thing well— swim, in this case—loses this feel- ing of inferiority, “And this, T feel, proud o 1s something to | be | As a guarantee against unproduc- |¢ tive real estate, list your property | in the Classified columns. In the Tea CuE the full charm of "SALADA" is revealed. The flavor is pure, fresh and fragrant. Try it. Black, Mixed or Green Blends DOUBLE SUICIDE Pennsylvania Youth Finds Mother and Philadelphia Man Dead in Room; Polsoning Thought Means of Death, er, ’a,, Feb, 20 of this city and a man who police helleve to be Souders, of Philadelphia, were found dead In a room at the woman's apartment last night, the result, the of a suicide pact. I'hey are believed to have taken poi- son although the cause of their deaths had not heen definitely deter- mined. Mrs. Lina Vandyke the Ralph police believe, John Stauffer, yke, The ¥ anklin a son of Mrs, Van- and Marshall cademy, 217 MAIN STREET able to throw any light on the He told the authorities that Souders was a frequent visitor at his mother's apartment, Sues Man Who Treated Him as a Physician Stamford, Feb. 20. — Vincenzo Lully, who was recently fined $500 and ordered to leave the state, when |arraigned on a charge of practicing as a physiclan without a license has been made defendant in a civil suit for $1,000 damages brought in the city court here by Michael Melfl, & mason contractor. Melfi alleges in the suit that Lully administered six | hypodermic injections in his arm as | upon his return from school. | ng man, who is a student at | leads immediately to the use of the a result of which he begame il and was out of employment for three 1 The bodies were discovered hy [months. The finlding of an article of value Classifieds. the Benny Leonard prize fight series, | | “The Fighting American” 1s said |to have been one of the most dan- | gerous pictures ever “shot” as it | | contains a number of hazardous air- |plane stunts. Starting next Sunday CAPITOL TODAY & SATURDAY KEITH VAUDEVILLE Featuring Four Jansleys World Renowned Risley Artists increase in price, mostly seasonal, | while seven showed a decrease, Of the 47 cities for which an in- crease was reported, Houston with | seven per cent showed the greatest advance, Other cities showed rela- and con- | L tinuing for four days “The Light. |lv®sharp increases were Memphis 5 per cent house by The S | be the fea. |and San Francisco 5 tured photodrama. This is one of |cinnati, Kansas City, Los Angeles, the scason’s best plays, abounding in | Savannah and Scattle 4 per cent, and action, strong in its romance and |Butte, Dallas, Tittle Rock, Louis- | backed up by some great outdoor |Ville, New Orleans, Omaha, Portland, cenery along the coust. The story |OTe, St. Louis and Salt Lake City 3 is further enhanced, in its film pre- |per cent. sentation, by the presence of Rin s e | PALACE ) ed Press. TODAY & SATURDAY fthe r m«m lml\!flnts in which several eb. 20.—The Japanese | Keith Vaudeville | Japaneses were inju legation in a communication to the Featuring | {Chinese foreign office today called 9-- Ruby Girls --5 ttention to the cotton mills strike OTHERS |at Shanghal and urged the govern- {ment to keep the strikers under sur- WALLACE BEERY BESSIE LOVE —In— ‘Dynamite Smlth years ago, in Sydney, Australia, lived | . 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