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-NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, .:./ - ! hl J ":.: 1 Cnleas otherwise Indicated. thestrica) notices and reviews in this colamp an writtep by the oreas agencies for the respective amascment company. $8032235300n0re2200mar000212322222232229200000 00020 biaR 02222322 s iwe 20208 SNAPPY REVUE AT LYCEUM Coleman’s Tip Top Merrymakers Introduced an entirely new show at the Lyceum this afternoon and trip- | tic moments in the action and the final development cannot but be awaited with eagerness by the audi- Ped through an hour of hilarious with novel entertainment, interspersed songs, dances, eccentric ties and chorus offerin Al Le- mons, the comedian, again was good for many laughs, the quartet sings kome new numbers and the sprightly @amsels in the chorus do their stuff With vim and ginger. “Obey the Law,” another one of Bert Lytell’s starring crook dramas, Is the photoplay and a good one it Is. In this picture, alded by a cast that includes Edna Murphy, Eugen- le Gilbert Hedda Hopper, Ly- tell's part is that of Harry e, & nimble-witted, daring crook whose partner has a daughter unaware of her father’s career. At the to save the girl from knowing her father’s real life, Lyle accepts responsib: trime he dld not commit and goes to prison in his place. Theve are of course, powerful ove scenes and a series ot drama S HOFFMAN Plus ay evening at 7| hien the new Rialto theater | will stage’its formal opening. From the int house looked for and this augurs well for its future. Britain theatergoers have a e in store for them when a > of the interior of this mod- crn playhouse is caught, the decor- ations being singularly attractive. Work has plete it on the opening the casual eyo the edifice looks as if it might already be completed. Such is not the case, however, since there re many minor things that require ainstaking care and labor before they can really be considered ready for an opening under the critical gaze of New Britain's select motion pieture devotees. An attractive program has been BROTHERS TRAN THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY the Strand VAUDEVILLE THIE WONDER WORKERS JANOW. KENNEY & CARBET WARD MOORE & MACK STRAND MIDNITE FROLIC ew Year's Eve NOW SEATS SKI TROUPE HOLL] l\ ‘'ON BROTHERS SELLING been rushed to com- | date and to | shown to date a capacity | arranged for opening night end an announcement will soon be forth- | coming as to what will be offered at | the theater's premiere. A mammoth symphonie organ has already been | installed and when played by a well | known organist a short whtle ago, | was pronounced perfect in every re- spect. The Rialto is located at Broad and Washington streets away from the turmoil and traffic in the heart of the city and still near enough to the center of things to warrant a trip of | a few blocks to the blase film fan who demands the finest in screen en- | tertainment. T S | TWO BIG FEATURES—PALACE ‘The program at the w Palace for the last half of this weck con- sists of two big features either one | of which is big enough to stand alone as a big attraction. “War | Paint” the great Indian thriller and the great Paramount spectacle Lady of the Harem.” “War Paint” starring Col. Tim | McCoy proved to be a revelation in | gree of intelligence Only the ATTRACTIONS i, h\\ BRITAIN’S The BROAD AND W Formal Openil PARSONS Eight days, including Sun. served n Sale after Thurs, L GLORIOUS FOUR MILLIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TS—NO OTHER Baleg + fiest filled, The: Sunday Night Finest! WILL BE SHOWN AT NEWEST THEATER Rialto WASHINGTON STREETS ng Wednesday, Dec. 29 ater, Hartford Beginning Dec. 26 | 30 and 8:15--All Seats Ke- ing. V'DOLLAR SCREEN SPECTACLE 8y Geneta AND COMP ENGAGEMENTS WITE ony, S115: 4 rows, §L1 the Indian type of photoplay. In fact, it is the first time that the writer has seen an Indian story handled with any considerable de- and the only time he can recall when an Indian is given the consideration due his ace. The organization producing this picture did a wise thing when they went to the great open spaces | of Wyoming and s A male! star who had never faced the camera before. | Pauline Starke who plays the lead- | ing femine role, the daughter of the commanglant of a western fort in the eighties, gives a wonderful per- formance as does Karl Dane in fl\“‘ role of the drunken an lo»mhuvi Sergeant Clancy. The companion feature for this| program is “Lady of the Harem which is a story of ancient Persia | filmed on a scale of tremendous | magnitude and lavishness with fts THE NEW ALWAYS 2 BIG FEATURES PAINT” with Col. Tim McCoy on the North Ame expert an Indian l'hllu" Hearts” WILLIAM COLLIER Jr. “LADY of the HAREM” A Stupendous Spectacle of the Arabian Nights —— v TONIGHT AMATEURS All contestants are given a cash bonus and a chance for a prize. { FOUR D. STARTING SUNDAY Adaptation of John Moroso's “The Stumbling Herd” “ROSE of the TENEMENTS” CAPITOL House of Phdtoplay Hits! TODAY FRI. and SAT. CONTINUOUS SEOWS Special Holiday Program From the Glare of Broadway to the Great Open the Northwest. James Oliver Curwood's “The Country Beyond” with Olive Borden J. Farrell Macbonald Ralph Graves COMPANION FEATURE ANNA Q. NILSSON SHE'S A MAN “MISS NE)BODY” She Left Luxury for the Life of a Hobo and Adventuve! Parsons--Hartford ALL THIS WEEK—MAT. SATURDAY ANNE Nigkors® PRES!NTSAMERICAS FAVO! ABIES RIS ROSI James | S| Country Beyond” and the cé&»r pre- | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1926, plot woven around a cruel sultan, & kind hearted confectioner and two | lovers, The time is during the Greta NI m Collier, Jr., and Louise zenda make up the principal part of | the cast. This is the same as that| which made “The Wanderer” such a tremendous success. ‘COUNTRY BEYOND’ AT CAPITOL Beginning today for the balance of the week the Capitol will offer a special holiday program of feature | photoplays. Two execellent features will be pre Oliver the Curwood's tamous | Northwe; ry of “The | senting Anna Q. Nilsson m her best | role ever in “Miss Nobod “The Country Beyond” is a story | of romance and adventure {n the prim 1 forests of the great north lands and the action and plot carry intense interest throughout. The ac- tion prima y begins neath the glare of Broadway lights and swiftly moves northward s the plot un- | Olive Borden, Ralph Graves, . Farrell MacDonald head an 1 star ca s are continuous daily. Beginning Sunday night the Capi- tol will o al attraction in the presentation of Colleen Moore, filmdom’'s most popular star in the grea of her life “Twinkle- to adapted from Thomas Burke's famous classic of a dancing | waif of London's district, Reserved loges for Sunday night the box office. SONS OF VETERANS BLEQY - . H. Wood Chosen Commander at Annual Meeting of L. D. Penficld Camp—Installation on January 12. a meeting of L. D. Penficld Sons of Vete held' last tollowing officers were patriotic chapl Goddard; A Vo color Dorr ard; outside allation with of Veteran auxiliary will be held on January 12 READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS —_— LYCEUM A GREAT HOLIDAY PROGRAM NOW PLAYING “OBEY the LAW” with BERT LYTELT Also New Change TiP-TOP REVUE with AL LEMONS SPECIAL TONIGHT BLACK BOTTOM Contest House of Photog BEGINNING NE SUNDAY NIGHT -'v’ Tale cy of n Waif London's | Chinatown. N onted with one offering | €Ot noted Limehouse | i NEW VORK-ATLANTA © - AIR MAIL ROUTING Bids for New Run Are Being| Asked by Government the danger of fire has been minimiz- Washington, Dec. 23 (# — Post- master General New today invited enterpri for operation of 3 air mail route between New York at Phila- ashington, Richmond nshoro, N. C. will be opened here and it was stipulat r pu\' s might be incluc Fet y 23 that ot} in th partme post office d before | the as | the ang | vot | funds for t be|m ency sipped | of householders men i3 a problem will be Florida | ction Respect for \utnomv B have n Mail ”.1 :t Has to Jump As His Plane Craches| AS Dec. miles sc Ohio. The pl onds atter Willi hute leap. plane ne crashed a The b IS JUDGE - ) as Card to | » Who Eeplics. piY Gemmill, ‘)uur good wi day Ferneke eting. was the inseript 2 season with h Get Re@gy URTIN ISSUES WARNING Flectrical Inspector Says Wires and Sockets Should be Thoroughly Be istmas trees has been practieally | tin said today in i 0 persons who plan to use electric lic follows: stallations 1y save property vent occurrences to mar tk The wreck wzs sai4 by railroad men to have been caused by & brok- en rail. The derailment occurred in a deep cut. Nonme of the carm ‘ turned completely over, and all hel@ 1 by the B!eLp banks. DETROTTER BADLY (Penn Train Is Derailed—Yic-| *° " o ) {Shams Suicide to Win tim’s Back Broken | Back Her Lost Husband _ Tiffin, O., Dec. 23 (A—George N ! Stamford, Dec. 23 (P—In an ate tempt to win back the love of her, Allen, 46, Detroit, was seriously in- | husband from whom she ':l lenlsr- jured and seventcen other passen. | 3ted: Rose Kershaw, 19, of No. 3 Worth street, went to Hallowe'en gers on a Pennsylvania train bound | park at 9:30 o'clock last night and for Detroit were cut and bruised giaged a sham suicide. e e o ae | Jumes Scully, a park attendant, llon's back was broken and he wae | SaW the girl fall to the ground. Po- to a local contin d to their destina- ON CHRISTMAS LIGHTING Examined. cause the use of candles ated it does not follow that | lectrical Inspector Cyril J. Cur- 23 uing a warning ment in the decoration of their inspector’s reminder to the | “Persons who are ing to make use of electrda in- in the decoratioms of stmas trees in their homes this who have anether nould be careful to see that ng is properly covered and ckets tight. A v moments® de- 1 to an inspection of the sockets damage and pre- pleasure not only for the | so for the fire- also desesv hough the exposed ted candles | lice who were called found a bottle at her side and chloroform lini- ment spilled on her clothes. None of it had been swallowed by the girl | however. Locked up on a charge of breach of the peace, Mrs. Kershaw refused to talk. 1 were occupants of a Pullman 23 (AH—Two when a de- adelphia, Dec. wgers were injured ylvania railroad train wa today between Bloo Swander, 35 miles north of , Ohio, according to a re- port received at the company’s offi- ces here, train left Pittsburgh at 7:35 due in Detroit at Two express cars per were derailed. nt occurred at 4:05 a. m, JEWELRY SALESMAN ROBBED Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 23 (/) — Pat- rick J. Kearns, a jewelry salesman of Attleboro, Mass, informed the police today that a valise contain- ing diamond rings and other vale uables had disappeared from hif room in the Hotel Broezel. Kearmg is employed by Spear & Susskind, Providence, R. I. whose Al electrical , present a LAST MINUTE SUGGESTIONS MUFFLERS NECKWEAR PAJAMAS SHIRTS SILK HOSE SWEATER TUXEDO JEWELRY UMBRELLA WALLETS KEY CASES LUGGAGE BATHROBE. BELT CAP CUFF LINKS DRESSING GOWN FANCY WOOL HOSE GARTERS GLOVES COLF HOSE HANDEKRCHIEFS Dress Up for Ciuistmas To Help Our Many Patrons to Do This We Are Starting Our ' 41st Annual Clothing Sale Today All Suits and Overcoats Reduced S GLOBE CLOTHING HOUSE Main and West Main Sts. New Britain _i\fie J. -563 MAIN STREET Blessed Be God New Missal 8 Sterling Silver Rosaries Gold Rosavies Story Books for Boys xml 3 $1.00 nhl. Silver Nes $1.00 D FUNE 314 I'elephone ¢ KENNEY & CO. Christmas Gift Suggestions RAL Opposite St. Mary's Church Manna of the Soul My Prayer Book (With G Catholic Literature Kinds of all $1.00 and up Statues of all kinds ® nd up med Pictures PARLOR Night Calls 36 Last Minute Suggestions Sheaffer and Waterman Fountain Pens $2.75 up Lifetime Desk Sets $10.00 to $30.00. Wiiting Cases $2.50 up. Stationery 75¢ to $10.00. Hand Colored Pictures 50c to $5.00. Diaries 25¢ up. Address Books 25¢ to $7 Christmas Cards at 30 1=count —ADKINS— 66 Church St.

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