New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1927, Page 11

Unleas otherwise indieated, theatrical notices ana reviews n this column arv WTitteo by the press agencies for the respective mmusement combany MIND READER AT LYCEUM Baby Theima, child mind reader who i3 amazing the audiences at the Lyceum, where she remains all this week, not only demonstrates her bility on the stage but under- takes to answer questions propound- €d to her privately and by mail. Her stage demonstration is ama to say the least and at every show she answers many questions asked her by the audience. The picture, “The Nervous Wreck,” which is shown tonight for the last time, stars Harrison Iord, Phyllis Haver, Chester Conklin and Hobart Bosworth, is a riot of fun start to finish but not so silly 3 to become tiresome. It concerns | an ecastern youth who imagines he is ill. He goes west to die, but in- ad of dying he gets pepped up to such an extent that he wants ve much to live when he nd sentenced to death "he companion movi “The Better Way,” in which Ralph W. Inco plays the leading role as 1 as being the director. Dorothy | Revier is the girl. act for the week-end bill is “Meet the N: comedy dancing turn that is certain to score ni ¥ Pour other cct acts will comp the vaudeville portion of the bill. The ma for four days ement announced that beginning Sunday, feature photoplay attraction will be inne Griftith in 'he Lady in line” and for the entire weel inning Monday, in added a tion to the vaudeviile program, the management will present the world’s master, mental Rajah aboid. ' COMEDY AT TH An att tive double arn opens a two day e rment at the new I to theater, corner of Broad and Washington streets tod. ading the program s Marshall lan's brilliant comedy drama i whose roster of playe udes Sally O'Neil, Charles Mu ¥s Haines and IFord Sterling. strange to i some little lc 0.1 deal of the comedy of the thrills. The second absorbing fc 'he Kentucky p.” TReed Howes is starred. ne would sugzest the pic s with hors of a ting aspects theme 1111= the tale of crooked I)At- tors aad honest boy's ¢ foil them. A comedy and a news reel will also he shown. There will be several acts of vaude morrow evening by ate's h.nmm‘ t RIALTO cature pro- TRAND final showing of Mae Mur- “Valencia” will be given to- at ti and the fol- lowing vaudeville act, nd Des- ter; Dard and Avon: r and Templeton Brothers: Kubana Due snd Julian Hall and his Droadway Bats, The new bill tomorrow brings to the sercen Harry Tangdon in “The Stronz Man” heralded e of the best co les of the swason. The vandeville bill will be headed ny deville's gorgeous ation ne epoc singing hat is ¢! tho hest of vaudeville thea coast to coast. Anocher pret The As turs d "he Tom Carrol's h has scored \e Palace tl program. Ccnhmmufi Shows D ily st of Musical Comedy Revues TOM CARROL’S “VANITY REVUE’“ in an Entirely New Show THURSDAY—FRIDAY—SATURDAY New Songs, New Steps, New Costumes FELIX MARTIN JIMMIE MACK, JACKIE STANLEY, EVELYN BREEN Added Attraction THURSDAY NIGHT AMATEUR! Feature Photoplay THURS. "Rl.— SAT. STRONGHEART in “NORTH STAR” START MON., JAN, 10—TOMMY LEVINE in “SNAPSHOTS O 1926 THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY Another Bill of Great Fun! '.;' SEWING ON THE ME PROGRAM Vaudeville's Elaborate Novelt; RADIO FANCIES “A Melange of Song and D-mu‘" 13 A \l\(l\ JAC! l\ \LL\I \\ SMITH & GEORGE Audy W % “MEETD THE NAVY” “A Cocktail With A Kick” Mace Murray “Valencia” J. Hall and His Broadwa) Bats; Hall & Dexter; the Temploton Bros,; Bard & Avon; Kuhanos. DAY COMM. SU “RAJAH CTHE L \l)\ IN ERMINE" RABOID™ singing and | the the week putting on an entirely new | | capitot NESD. JA NUARY 5, 1927. Announcement has been that Tommy Le shots of 1926" will be at the for an entire week beginning T:lmmry 10. Mon- only told in night it ht left The en- Bennett will be offered in “T " a eplendld | Irama. NEW T. &. & B. BUILDING OPEN EARLY NEXT MONTH Simple Program of £ 20 servie ntendent mmen- d the s. Conducted About main the same with Tom Carrol and | SALARY INCREASES that they will unload here for the specialty number will please every- | | and with Felix Martin announciny | the salary committee of the common " which | session last evening. Hearings W | James H. Towers of the board of Lion Chianay 1 ol St to tne | &DlY Prepare a report at a meeting L aadl A | vor of the fncreases for the em- poputar Fox TFilms beauty, Will| \oion of time when a division of 1R, was promised $ if he Gyl who worked wondera in | chatrman, Towers sdld. *He e into his latest story. The action 15[ of Suwers O'Brien and the foreman ~zealons Giuployer., Chairman W. F. Brooks Superintendent R. B. Wainr tel to a la e amount of work ever received was a half a cord of Teb. should v WIT vV - 7 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WED Everything in the show will be new. The songs, dances, scenery | and the comedy. 'The cast will ro- | Felix Martin as the two comedians. | The pair of comics have an un-| limited number of jokes and gag. | next three days. \Vh E e o acbed 1o new cos.| Depl. Heads Explain Why Em-. tumes and each one du)': a new | sed ployes Should Be Raised one. As an added attraction there will | T be a performance given by amatewrs| No intimation of the attitude of this in itself should be a hit. | council towards the question of szl- e ture for the last 4 s for city officials and week i3 the wonder dog | cmployes was given at the openi n wilds. | given and it was decided to meet made | jomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock when ings will be given Supt. water commissioners, and represen- tatives of the police and fire depart- ments. The committee will prob- AT THE xt Thursday evening. Marines” closcs lis run at the Cap-|* Chairman R. E. Towers of the itglftoniend with itvo ""“"'""" 86l Gand oferilla ok, spoke tn: fa-| Another Irving Cummings produc- | , i S ployes of the department which the san, ”“,'”"'. the \g, ‘I‘lv“”' ‘,I‘;Ljhmvp[hourvl recommended. He sald the Girl" featurirg = Madge Dellamy, | o jo jncreasing and it is only a come to the Capitol theater Thurs- et e e e e, Wrhen day for a three-éay run, with Allan | oo phaipeer J. D, Williams took Simpson in the leading masculine | " R 0o $9.500 he This is a highty dramatic and | comiatent, vet his salary Is thorough!y modern version of thel sy sio and he has successful play by Theodore Kremer. | o»"\work with no sign of a let-up, r 'he Johustown Flood” and “The| ivery dollar he receives,” the chair- | Midnight Kiss” Tas injected many|man said. Ie also spoke highly of thrilling and whol.y human touclies tary daikeon. " Bupsrintendert | {laid dn New York with Miss Bel-| o the filter bed plant, for whom in- amy in the rolo of a working girl | creases are recommended. who is rescued frem the schemes ot Brooks For Park Dept. companior feature offers poard of park commissioners stor and Lioyd Tughes the committes he |in the chairmanship over the employ of the departm superintendent is faithful, cons tious and competent, and e Mr. Brooks said. Mr. Brooks & he has been on the board over avs and the only emolument he wood, yet heads of other crcises to Be | aid for ti | H the 10, | su mittce s tio According to Pla cous take into . chairman and the s serve without com- The recommendation of is that the v be incres )0 per year. h Board Petitions | Dr. Gertrude J. Kinscla, man of the health board, said recommended in s for t not as like to Formal opening of the Y. & B. society buiflding on M will take place about I with a simple program which will pave the w elaborate programs to f in the month an “Old sirel show will be given with men Iwho have not appeared in public as ‘entertainers for the past quarter of | a century singing. The ITmmaculate | Conception Guild will follow with an amateur theatrical and o ties are now being schedul M. T. A in pruary 10, | of excreis ¢ for more embe $3.- ed from chair- the great would hav all incr the therefore the recomu po. spoke bodrd re- g the ns are high Sanitary In Dolan, who is suk Al times and has been faithful and highly effi- I the board would be at a loss to know where to turn to fill his position. His s 2,000 and the recommended ,100. All others in the do their work efficiently, aid. Ton Calab the slaughter hou clally distasteful work to do, but he performs it well and in the opinion of th the recommended in- | crease from $1300 to 3 reasonabie. s in Building Dept. airman L itt the ing commission said Mrs. Annie shrey, department clork, s ex- 1d competent, and her attention to her work and knowl- cdge of the details of the depart- | make it possible to function | without a deputy building inspector. to the pluml and elec cctors, for whom recommended, Chair- t said they positior paid. In t change made in ti tions, he felt the comm be in a furnished. | this frater- um la om n audito John A call at or - ct to Dr. Alice Hamilton, professor of industrial mediclne in the Marvard school of public health, has begun a crusade for health in industry. She depart- ment sh Last Times Tonight 7 & 9:10 LON CHANEY in “Tell It to the Yhuucs THU FRI—SAT. Double Features! The Photoplay Every Work- ing Girl Should See! of should be he event that se two posi- sion should adequat well and more hi said, so that the gr salary incre would not he in on the city's funds. Council- J. Olson made the point that residents who building it is not of the William Fox prrvnl“ flERTHA THE TONIGHT ONLY BIG FEATURES NERVOUS WRECK AL CHRISTIE Comedy and BETTER WAY with DOROTIY REVIER 2 MACHINE GIRL Taken From the Famous Stage Melodrama with MADGE BELLAMY FARRELL MacDONALD "COMPANION FEATURE Mary Astor Lloyd Hughes ADDED ATTRACTION “BABY THELMA” ALL W Answers All Qur\\llmli. l‘l‘l—\\T FEATURES BROKEN HOMES with Alice Lake & Gaston Glass. Also ALMOST A LADY with MARIEE PREVOST She CHILDR 10c, “High Steppers” \ Tlmelv Epic of Tod.\v proved | a great amount would not remain | at- | depart- | 3 considera- | superintend- | ¢ is realized that com- © is very| - do their work | suc- | building department that it is self- supporting. Mayor Speaks for Kirkham. Mayor Weld spoke for increases in | salaries of the corporation coun- | $4,000 and a $500 se is recommended. The mayor | id practically every department in | the city finds it necessary to consult | | the corporation counsel frequently, | land municipal business requires a great deal of the time of the incum. | | bent. “The city pays him $4,000 and | he probably does $7,000 worth of | | work,” the mayor said. | ‘ Relatice U) the mayor’s secretary’, S . Mayor Weld said it | tthere be a man in the , capable of attending |to many details and meeting callers carch of various kinds | of intor The mayor cannot be {on hand at all times, nor can he give to personally | every matter that comes to! tion. The $300 increase sought would not raise the salary to Ithe figure it should be, he said, but he hesitated to recommend a higher | salary. Secretary Bardegk is an ex | ceptional sccretary, the mayor said, and regardless of the period of his tenure of office, the position should be paid sufficient to insure a high type of sec! at all times. In ad- | dition to the office work, the tary frequently represents the 1 at meetings and in other wi lieves him of much routine. Carlson Says Work Has Incr A. Carlson, scaler of wei sures, who asks an incr from $£1,700 to $2,000, been in office more th and naturally his dutics reased with the growth of the city. pcotion of gasoline pumps re |quires considerable time and the| fact that ho has no asslstance obliges him to work overtime when there is work to be done. Weighing the| school department and the fire de- partm coal takes considerable time, while the increasing number asoline pumps in itselt provides at amount of work, he said. Tax Collector Bernadotte Loomls told the committee his deputy, Mrs. Mae Jackson, and office clerk, Mrs. Dorothy Mahoney, are very compe- tent. They relieve him of a great dezl of detall in the office and are | honest and efticient. The | his department increases growth of the city and he 00 increase for each of | oyes is a reasonable request. | man Not Discouraged. a gre work of with the eels that the em hairman I M. Zimmerman of ths hoard of assessors said he has been hefore the ry committee three s in th inte s of the em- of his department, but he has | {not had success. | The development of the city adds work to his office and the young women are busy keeping it in hand. | They work overtime when necessary and their faithfulness was demon ted today when both ed at| work a He fa- salaries hecause r work, and of Voters Thomas J. William Ziegler, who pe- 10 per cent increase lin their present salaries of $2,200, gave figures to support their claim that their work has increased outsof | oportion to their compensation. In practically every other city in the! state, the registrars have clerical a tance, but in New Britain the registrars do their own office work and never ask the city to reimburse m for small expense items, which, according to an accurate count amounted to between $3 and $4 per week one year. C RAL JR. H. he auditorium program Central Junior High school is a general Civic league meet- | ing. At these monthly meetings the | different grades discuss husiness which comes up dur | . NOTES at week the mnrnh | The program for this week is as lows: Meeting called league president, Richard Brophy. | Flag ute, “Star Spa d Ban- and Civic league pledgc | ement of principl Leona | Naughton; minutes of last meeting, | retary; reports of committees. hip, Elinor Hubert; bank- r Anderson; social, net ; music, Martha Anderson raffie, Vitold Mik rude Porter: nee, Mabel Moulner. to order by Civic| health Spring; Discussion remarks by Mary The nine-two class will soon grad- | vate from that school. The officers | the graduating class ar: | Irwfiid-‘m David Ba Kathleen acker; treasurer, vice-presi- | secretary, | Teter | Brown. MISS FREY BET Mr. and Mrs. William Frey of 28 Winthrop street entertained at cards Monday evening to announce gement of their daughter. zabeth Verna Frey, to Johr Dojan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dolan of Park tol. A buffet supper serv- and music consisting of piano 4 vocal selections were rendered. | house was beautifully decorated with Christ greens and carna- tions, the color scheme being green and white. | Froy is employed at the | New Britain National bank ana Mr.| is a popular member of th | Bristol fire department. No date| has been set for the wedding. | | WL THE NEW MOTHER BLOCKS | Cudahy, 19 year old RIALTO | CUDAHY WEDDING Prevents Marriage of Son fo Movie Actress 5 (P—Michael | scion of the famous Chicago family, is in jail after having been foiled by his | mother in three attempts to ma a motion picture actress, Los Angeles, Jan, BreaKing Records “SALADA” TEA A stern jeiler, in the person of Sherift James Ross of Santa Bar bara, took the youth into custody last night at the request of his mother, Mrs. John P. Cudahy, as he visited town after town with his bride-to-be, Miss Marie Astaire, 19 in quest of some official who would | issue him a marriage license. Each time the strategy of the | mother was effective, Again and again she notified county authorities | by telegraph and telephone that her | son was under age and that | fused to consent to the ma b | She declared Michael had nking recently. The quest for the marriage which began early in th Santa Ana, and led to Los Angel and then to Ventura, ended w n the couple was lccated at Santa Barbara. At each place where the | couple applied for a license their plans were spoiled by either the iinging of a telephone or the ar-| rival of & telegram. Miss Astaire returned here with Robert O'Brien, who had made lflu‘ rounds of the marriage bureaus with the elopers and was to have | been the best man at the wedding. The actress was dry-eyed and ap- | ared to take the d"(l"\u phileso- phically. | “We almost had a license at Ven- | tura,” she said. “The clerk was| about to hand the papers to Mr. Cudahy when a telegram arrived. I think it was a mean trick." Miss Astaire would not say whether she and Cudahy would sub- mit to defeat, referring interview- ers to her fiance. Mrs. Cudahy, isted services of the sheriff e )‘ore' in locating the couple in Santa Bar- | bara, last night, planned to go to| the northern city to have a talk| with her son. “He's only a child, she explained to the officers, because he's attractive and money he becomes the target of sorts of persons.’” THE DANGER OF PNEUMONIA | How le (‘,'*n Avoid It } papers , who e the c just nineteen,” nd has all When you have a Cold||§ and neglect it you are in| great danger of pneumonia The pure food ele- ments in Fa- ther John’s Medicine build energy to resist cold and grip germs. The gentle laxative ef- fect of Father John’s Med {cine helps to drive out im-| " purities ; Father John's Medicine soothes .'lml heals the lining of the breath- | ing passa You are safe when you take I"ather John's Medicine hecause it is free from alcohol and harmful drugs. Seventy years of successful use. 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IT'S 'ER SHOT 1L AND “MIKE” Ih\\ S TI(KILL \~)IlNl'1 A RAILROAD STORY—THE DOWN THE PIKE ! WITH WILLIAM HAINES “The KENTUCKY HANDICAP” ew Britain's Only Stage School” Dancing! Dramatics? EMERSON STUDIO 150 W. Main St Tel, 3 Baliroom Black Bottom Tango Exhibition thD AY NI(:HT Belle Bennett The Lily” 813 Acrobatics Soft Shoe With the most gripping climax ever screened. lll'l"l) HU\\ IS \I'\IUH 2 Reel Comed — \l()ll\l\l‘ -l| DGE' | ville, ] All Records Broken for Sales City ltems j‘ull this we k. Dance tonight, Odd Fellows hally | Hebrew Ladies' Ald society—advt. Miss Melbourne Wrye New Brunswick, her sister, Mrs. IFairview eet, for two weeks, Club breakfast 30c, 6:30 to 10 a. m. Soda Shoppe Restaurant, Raph- ael Bldg.—advt. A week of pray, at the Swe of is visiting Wm. Daigle of E eeting of the Sweds ny church will be held on The annual mecting of the Wo- s society of the First Congres 1 church will be held this eves There will be supper at 6:30 followed by election of offi- gatio ning. is being observ- |o'clock ed 1 Bethany church lcc The Greatest Ling-up of Entertainment EVER OFFERED IN NEW BRITAIN REGARDLESS OF PRICE For the benefit of the Crippled Children And Orphans of the City “Listening In" An elaborate ensemble Of songsters—dancers And funsters The Boys From Alabam Israel Rosenberg The maestro of the piano In a miniature recital “Give 'Em Credit” A keen satire On modern acting. “The Last of the Maguires” Ten hilarious minutes Of joyous merrymaking THE GLORIOUS LIONS’ MINSTRELS A triumphant combination Of beauty—vit, and melody Assisted by New Britain’s Largest and most brilliant Ensemble of 150 voices. TICKETS ON SALE AT CROWELL’S DRUG STORE THURSDAY, DEC. 6, AT 9:00 A. M. Three Big Nights At the Capitol Theater Jan. 10-11-12. DON'T WEAR CHEAP GLASSES —They are likely worse than no glasses. Have your eyes examined. FRANK E. GOODWIN Eyesight Specialist 327 MAIN ST. TEL. 1905