New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1927, Page 13

SINVINNRANRAY =fimt iy il lagty b I 8 - el L1 | N Usless othorwise tndicated, theatriesl % 'written by the prem sgencies fer the SAN SN AR STININR NN NI AN AN S AN THE CAPITOL Deroles Costello in “A Million Bid” is the feature photoplay at- traction at the Capitol for today and Wednesday. It is p & a that grips your very soul ai has a plot that is quite unusual. Malcolm McGreggor and Warner Oland have supporting roles to the star and each renders a wonderful perform- ance. On Thursday two features will be offered. The main attraction will be “Spangles,” a tale of circus life; and with Al G. Barnes' three ring circus transported to the screen as a background for the story. Marion Nixon, Pat O'Malley and Hobart Bosworth are starred. /The companion feature will pre- sent Olive Tell and an all-star cast in “Slaves of Beauty.” Beginning Sunday night for a four day run the management an- nounces the showing of the laugh scream, “The Callahans and the Murphys,” a side splitting comedy that will present Polly Moran, Ma- rie Dresser, Bally O'Nell and Law- rence featured in the cast. DANGING HOTHERS ONE OF THE BEST Poli Players Excel in Modern Drama of Life and Love (By Herald Reviewer) The Poll Players are giving one of the most interesting and best enact- ed plays of the season 8o far in Sel- | wyn's and Goulding’s drama “Dane- ing Mothers.” This play affords yhe best exan.ple of ensembla work Qf the stock season and while it does not hold an exceptionally star role for any Jcdividual it gives all an al- most equal opportunity. However, the wheel of the drama revolves about Miss Frances Willlams as a devoted wife and mother who sacri- fices her entire twenty years of mar- ried life to save the reputation and happiness of her daughter, played by Miss Atn Merrick. In this role of a super-flapper of the very latest vintage—a wine tippling, arrogant, man-crazy girl—Miss Merrick really excels. Her acting is worthy of es- pecial mention and surpasses any- | thing she yet has done with the Poll Players. Full of action, natural, in- sulting, tempestuous and sympathe- tic in parts, her role is a difficult one and she handles it exceptionally well. Her fine work this week makes one revise some rather opinions of her ability as a leading ancing Mothers” is an extreme- 1y modern version of the story of the worm that turns, but in this case it is a home-loving, self sacrificing wife who does the turning. Pushed | aside by her jazz-mad daughter, kept down, socially, by her arrogant and “wild woman” chasing husband, e finally revolts and vamps the man who was enticing her daughter only to find that she has done her | the man truly | work too well and had become her slave, truly has come to love her. This part of “the | other man,” a sort of beloved vil- lain type. is admirably handled by Vincent Coleman while Walter Scott Weeks is equally good as the wand- ering husband whe thinks that he in the end pays too dearly for his twenty years of transgressions. Miss Patsy Ann O'Neal as a woman of the world—the typical dancing moth- er—is clever as usual and appears charming in her role. Little Adrien- na Earle has a typical engenue part and Robert Perry is in for a minor role. The drama is one of laughter, of sympathy and of tears, so admirably blended together that it does not savor of the melodramatic but rather as a cross section of real lite, Handled as it is by this company it makes one of the best vehicles in which they have appeared so far this season and it can well be recommended as a play worth see- ing, being not only interesting but @lso having a moral lesson that can- not be misunderstood. The fact that the end is a bit unusual adds to its strength. George M. Cohan's “The Song and Dance Man" is next week. British Royal Party Is Again Given Big Sendoff Montreal, Que., Aug. 2.—#—The Prince of Wales, Prince George, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, Mrs. Baldwin and their aldes left Montreal this morning - for Ottawa where they will be welcomed by Governor-General - Lord Willingdon, Premier Macknezie King and federal and civie ofcials. The royal party completed a busy visit here by driving through flag- bedecked streets to the Windsor sta- tion where they boarded their spe- cial train, i 1““ PALACE HARTFORD * ALL THIS WEEK POLI PLAYERS Mat. Tues.,, Wed., Thurs., Sat., 3:15 Every Eveaing 8:15 “DANCING MOTHERS” The Event of the Stock Seasen MISS ANN MERRICK . MR, VINCENT COLEMAN and FRANCES WILLIAMS AT THEIR BEST ¥ TARTALA VY VLA LA NN NNV VMU VNN :|J casual | \ SRSy ! 4 Botices and reviews W this eolums are respective amusemest sempany. NI I KIS AT THE LYCEUM “For Ladies Only” portrays an attempt to do business without any women employes and is & mj comedd of modern busi; on- ceived in levity and dedicated to the proposition that the business world ‘could never twirl around without the beautiful girls. The co-fgature, . “The Winning Oar,” starring George Walsh, por- trays the star as the champion oarsman of his university and his athletic prowess is the background of the halo that gathers around him. A vivid mystery enters the plot, and no murder trial, not even real life, is more thrilling, more realis- tic, than the one which is a part of “The Winning Oar,” which in the final summary we see & powerful, dramatic story. brilliantly directed, splendidly played. B MAPLE HILL NEWS Miss Eleanor Skinner of Thomp- son street, Miss Constance Grant of Golf street and Miss Louise Harding of Robbins avenue are spending the |week in New Rochelle as guests of | Miss Janet McKenna. Mrs. Walter J. Sorrow and family of Sequin street left Sunday ta spend the remainder of the mmer at Canoe Harbor, East River. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Lienhard and | family of Golf street have returned from Indian Neck, Branford, where | they spent the month ot July. Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Cook of Golf street are spending the.month of August at Congamond lake, South- | wick. | Carl Braun and son of Pittsburgh | were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. | Doane of Frederick street last Tues- day. Mr. and Mrs. Harold White and son of Golf street have returned | from Minnesota where they have | been visiting Mrs. White's parents. | Mrs, Fred Tucker of Daytona, Fla., |and Miss Zulette Tucker of Bloom- {fleld, N. J., spent yesterday with | Mrs. M, Nordatrom of Robbins ave- nue. - Mrs. Lucy Smith McKay, who un- derwent an operation for appendici- tis at the Hartford hospital recently has returned to her Lome. Mrs. Mc- Kay is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | W.'D. Smith of Johnson street. Mrs. H. B. Olmstead and family of Johnson street left Sunday for Ham- monassett beach at Madison where they will spend the month of August camping. Mrs. Wiliam H. Allen and daugh- ters of Robbins avenue have return- ed trom a month's stay at Grove bealh, Clinton. The Newington Garden club will meet next Thursday afternoon. at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. L. A. Griffith in Kensington. Mrs. George Green will given a talk on “Table Arrangements.” Ribbons will be awarded to those submitting the best floral arrangergent. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Skinner of Thompson street spent the week-end at Grove Beach, Clinton. Miss Effie Pinnon of Thompson street has returned from New Salem, | Mass., where she spent the past two weeks. Miss Betty Spring of Thompson street is canfined to her home by iliness. LYCEUM TODAY—WEDNESDAY 2—GREAT FEATURES—2 JACQUELINE LOGAN in “For Ladies Only” Co-Feature “The Winning Oar”’ with GEORGE WALSH This Coupon and 10c. Admita A Lady to Best Seats. ’ A Sensation! TEN MODERN with SHOWN DAILY 3:45—6:50—0:45 OMMANDMENTS Esther Ralston and Neil Hamilton ¥EW BRITA® DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1927, CONNOLLY'SREPORT FOR YEAR -2 Defailed Accounting of Cases Handled in That Department Probation oficer E. C. Connolly has submitted his report covering & years activities in his depart- ment as follows: Hon. Henry P. Roche, Judge Hon. Morris D. Saxe, Judge City and Police Court New Britain, Conaecticut. Gentlemen: . Agreeable to custom in the court over which Your Honors preside I submuit herewith the statistics and report for the year ending June 30, 1927, Number of probationers carried over from June 30, 1926, 98. Number placed on probation dur- ing the year from July 1, 1926, 254. Total, 352. Made up as follows: Men, 259; women, 19; boys, 66; sirls, 8. Number who observed terms and were released: Men, 164; women, 13; boys, 43; girls, 6. Total, 31! Number who were re-arrested: Men, 41; women, 3; boys, 6. Total, 49. Number who escaped from juris- diction of court: Men, 2; boys, 1. Total, 3. Grand total, 368. Number remaining on probatien { June 30, 1927; Men, 62; women, ¢; | boys, 16; girls, 3: Total, 84. Number of cases referrad to off- cer by prosecuting attorney and others for investigation and possi- ble settlement out of court, 213. Tabulation of Offenses Number placed on probation and offenses: Assault, 14. Assault and breach ef peace, 30. Breach of peace, 37. Injury to private property, 4. Intoxication, B7. Intoxication and asseult, 4. Intoxication and breach of peace, Theft, 4. ) In danger of viclous life, 4. Violation of motor vehicle laws, 25, | 25. Lascivious earriage, 3. A Non-support, 3. Prostitution, 32. 123. Vagrancy, 4. | Violation of liquor law, 10. | Vielation of milk law, 1 Resistance to police officer, 1. Neglect of children and resistance to police officer, 1. | Breaking and entering, 1. Burglary, 1. { Cruelty to animals and interfer- | ence with police offcer, 1. Total, 254. Financial Statement | Cash in bank on unsettled sc- counts June 30, 1927, $176.37. Amount of wages and monies collected for suport of wives, fam- illes and children, $12,077.76. Amount of fines and costs collect- ed, $2,311.62. Amount of expenses $60.32. incurred, Cases Increase In reviewing the work of the past vear in the probation department it cannot be found that there is any. | thing startling or new to report, al- | though it is true that an ever in- | creasing number of cases are brought to our attention for inves- tigation and settlement without the formality of a court hearing. In this 212 cases were taken care of by your officer last year who found that usually when the {nterested parties were allowed to talk over their difficulties and troubles a sat. isfactory settlement was the result, By handling the cases in this way the homes {nvolved were not broken up, the parents were not separated, the children were looked out for, Today and Wed. DOLORES COSTELLO in “A Million Bid” Thurs, — Frl. — Sat. 2—Great Features—2 The Cicus is Coming! “SPANGLES"” Al G. Barnes 3-Ring Circus trans. ported to the scrgen as & back- ground for this stirring drama of circus life!! — Wit Marion Nixon—Pat 0'Malley Crackerjack, Peanuts and Pink Lemonade Free to All Kiddies at the Matinees. Co-Feature “SLAVES OF BEAUTY” un: ans and Murphys W. S. Jeffs at the Organ Loges Reserv Nh Ecept Sat., Sun., Holidays 5—ACTS—S5 A Oomedy Farce Manny King & Co. “A Night in Greenwich Vil- 9 lage’ JEAN MILLER & CO. “Youth and Melody” AL ABBOTT “Home Talent Shows" MILLER & ROST “Dancin’ Jools” SIX O'REILLYS “European Sensations’ the goed Bame of all concerned pre- served without the stigma of a court record. om- Cases The number of non-suppert cases during the year jumped from 15 in 1925-26 to 32 in’1926-7. Only the stubbornness or unreasonableness of either one of the couple involved made it necessary to bring the case to the attention of the court, as in almost every instance the couple were advised as to the best means of settling their differences and pro- viding for proper maintenance, but refused to accept the recommenda. tions and made necessary the pre- sentation of the fuets to the court for settlement. Usage ‘The number of those placed on probation for offemces connected with the use of intoxicating liquor, {including violation of the liquor law, decressed from 115 in 1928-6, to 86 in 1926.7, and out of that number only thres were minors (boys over 16), and three women, so that in New Britain, at least, it would appear that the persistent propaganda in relation to drinking to excess among our young people and women is not borne out by the number of arrests. Surely no other city in the country, epting pos- sibly one or two, has a more mixed population or one more accustomed to the use of intoxicants in the aif- ferent parts of the old world from which they bring their inherited customs. It is to be regretted that we have not as yet been able to increase the staft of workers in connection with our Adult Court. There are days ‘when the officer is not able to get away from his office for purposes of checking up the probationers in their homes and business life be- cause of the number of people com- ing for advice, and complaints of one kind or another, the result be- tions are hand Store Open Tuesday and Saturday to 9 ing that the work of visitagtion and investigation s sadly neglected. In the near futurs it will be necessary to have a trained female worker to take care of the women and girls over 16, and assist in the visitation, investigation and preventive work. It is only through the splendid co- operation of the other social agen- cies in our city that we are able to meet the needs as well as we have been doing. Miss Ruth E. Bristoll, the Juvenile Court officer, has all that she can attend to, even with the ald of an office assistant, as the work of the Juvenile Court is con- stantly on the increase, and it is un- fair to expect her to assist in the adult court, which means neglecting her own work. Court House Needed The crying need of a up-to-date couy house, properly equipped, is more and more evident each year. Women having business with the court and probation department, out of town witnesses and others, are sadly discomiforted by the lack of accommodations in the present bullding, and at times it is hu- miliating to hear the comments of out of town visitors as to the lack of facilities in a city as wealthy and prosperous as New Britain. Work Scarce The present labor situation has made it very difficult to secure work for probationers needing it, as work is very scarce, and usually the type on probation are the first to be laid off and the last to be taken on at the factories. We have been treated very fairly, however, by those in charge of employment bureaus in our city, and have placed some of them at work. It is to be hoped that we have reached the end of the present depression, and that soon our factories will be able to take care of all those now out of em- ployiaent. Un the whole it has been a suc- # A new design, an old wood and a new finish! The wood is oak, finished in Oriental brown with white worked into the open grains. The decora- painted and the suite finished in wax. The four pieces sketched were $145.00. Mohair Tapestry Group In the suite sketched to the right, which follows the vogue for odd pieces, the davenport and club chair are in mohair with tapestry cushions. The " solid mahogany occasional chair is covered all over with the same tapestry. New, distinctive! These grateful chaise longues, sketched, come in either solid walnut or mahogany with cheerful cretonne covers. Regular- ly worth $75.00. Chaise | Longue ' $47 cessful year and many of those in our charge have ean-ed gratl- tude for the kindness and leniency shown them by the court , have profited by the experience gained while on probation, and gre making good in every way. In conclusion I wish to express my gratitude to Judge B. W. Alling and Judge W. C. Hungerford for their many personal kindness, and the patience and forbearance dis- played in the handling of the many and varied cases coming before them | in the years they served the city. ‘With due agknowledgement of lhel aid and courtesies extended by the police department, from the chief down, Department of Public Wel- fare and Welfare Association for the necessary aid and relief given where neede, and all other agencies and in- terested persons for cooperating o heartily with your officer, I am Respectfully yours, e EDWARD C. CONNOLLY, Probation Officer. VR IO e National Referendum On Prohibition Discussed ‘Westerville, O., Aug. Z.v-—(M—NE.-( tional officials of the anti-saloon league of America will discuss the | question of a national referendum | on prohibition and should ask the parties to endorse prohibition at conference at Winona Lake, Ind, | Aug. 15, and 16, according to an an- | nouncement at the league's national | headquarters here, Prominent candidates for the presidency in the 1028 campaign also will be discussed at the confer- ence, which will take place just prior to the conference of the world league against alcoholism, according | to the announcement. The league will consider asking a natlonal | referendum on prohibition. whether they major political MCARL QUESTIONS BILL $2 Expenditure for Air Mail Service ! in Speeding up Govt. Lawsuit Not Approved. | Boston, Aug. 2.—M—A $2 ex- | penditure for air mail postage by | the office of ‘the United States dis- |trict attorney which helped to ex- pedite a $1,000,000 tax suit settle- ment in favor of the government, has been denied approval by Com: troller General J. R. McCarl. In consequence it probably will be up to Marcus Morton Jr., assistant district attorney, to pay. 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Every grade fron? the finest are to Included is the fam- Colonial Repro- Genuine Reed Suites Sketched to the left is just one of the many reed suites suitable for year 'round use in the sun porch that are reduced for this event. It is finished in putty- taupe enamel with spring cushions upholstered. in bright cretonne. The 3 pieces were formerly $69.50. Three Pieces $223 regular $279 The charming tip table sketched above comes in a tiqued enamel finishes, hand decorated. Former- ly $18.00. WATKINS BROTHERS, Inc;. SOUTH MANCHESTER, CONN. choice of three an-