New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1927, Page 5

ADH AND EVL AT THE STRAND Mlso Good Vaudeville Listed at Popular Theater The Strand continues its run of excellent pictures in addition to its vaudeville for next week. The film feature for the first four days of next week beginning tomorrow eve- ning will be “Adam and Evil,” the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production that scored a decided hit at the Capitol theater, New York, last week. The cast of “Adam and Evil"— Adam Thevelyan .. Lew Cody Allan Trevelyan . . Lew Cody Eve Trevelyan . . Aileen Pringle Gwen De Vere . .. Gwen Lee Mortimer Jenkins ..... Roy D'Arcy Eleanor Leighton ... Hedda Hopper Dora Dell . Gertrude Short Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. “Adam and Evil” will be pre- sented at each performance Sunday cvening with an augmented jazz or- chestra and on Monday with vaude- ville headed by Harry Girard's world famous ensemble of fourteen golden voiced girls. ‘“Adam and Evil” s said to be full of fast and furious fun with situations that pre- sent an entirely different angle than one is wont to see in the ordinary motion picture, It is widely her- alded as the season’s most entertain- ing and hilarious picture. Harry Girard's ensemble, which opens at the Strand Monday afterncon, is one of the most elaborate presenta- tions that present day vaudeville has to offer. Other acts will include Winifred and Mills, the famous team of “Runnin’ Wild"; Jimmy Farrell and Co., Fred and Al Smith and Bert Wenrer & Co. NEW HAVEN ROAD REPORTSINCREASE $200,000 Over That for Same Month Last Year New Haven, Aug. 27—The net in- come of the New Haven road for July shows an increase of more than $200,000 over that for month in 1926, but the net income for the first seven months of this year is still more than half a mil lion under the net income for the corresponding period in 1926, ac- cording to a report made public. The net.income for July, 192 as $957,347, an increase of $200,- The gross income was $2,727.- 094. Of this sum, $449,547 was non-operating income and $2,277.- 546 was net operating income. The deductions from the gross income amounted to $1,769,757. I"or the seven months’ net income W $ crease of $517,150 from seven monihs of 1926, The grose income was $15,895,330. Of this <um, $3.404,064 represents non-oper- ating income and $12,490,366 operat- ing income. The deductions from the gross income were $12,321,809. All items here except the non-oper- ; income showed decreases from , that in the net income being wore than $1,000,000. The tot the month of July this year were $11,713,370, a decreuse of $328,885 from July, 1926, The decrease in total operating expenses was greater however, the total of $8,251,072 be- ing $814,618 below the figure for eriod, the a de- the first The principal items in operating . were freight, s $4,431,104; and expr $285,- y94. All showed decreases except the mail account. Freight dropped $305,546 and passenger $91,308. The principal operating expenses for July, 1927, were maintenance of way and structures, $1,675532; maintenance of equipment, $2,160, 911, and transportation, $3,520,926 All the expense items were lower than for July, 1926. Equipment 1aintenance expense alone dropped 9,588 passenger, mail, $181,057, Net revenues from railway opera ions wus $3,4 s, which, with 503,040 deducted for railway t Is and $916 for uncollectibl 2 as operating e acer vevenue, left $2,958,3 income. Equipment rents of 3 and joint facility rent of $39 3 turther deducted leave the net rating incom The total operating revenues for the ven months' period were $79,- PALACE HARTFORD ALL TRIS WEEK Mat. Todny, Wed., Thurs., Sat. Every Evenlng—8:15 A Big Comedy Knockout “Is Zat So?” The Great New York Hit Presented by POLI PLAYERS Starring MISS ANN MERRICK v COLEMAN With FRANCES WILLIAMS All the Fuvorites In the C Augmented Company Parsons—Hartford August 29-30-31 ghts—Pop. Matinee Wed. Arthur Hopkins Presents “BURLESQUE” A new play by George Manker Wat- ters_ and Arthur Hopkins —_—— With incidental music, » dancing Lrlwml and company of thirty, Staged by Arthur Hopking Prices Eves., §2.50 to 50c; Mat., $2.00 to 50c plus 15% tax the same | | operating revenues for | 803,179, a decrease of $1,224,735 from the same period last year. The total operating expenses were $58,- 911,837, a decrease of $1,391,334. Principal items in operating rev- enues for the period were: Freight, $42,957,929; passenger, $28,319,492; mail, $1,151,402, and express, $2,616,887. All of these items are less than for 1926. The main items in the operating expenses for the seven months pe- riod were: Maintenance of way and structures, $11,111,172; maintenance of equipment, $15,744,369, and transportation, $27,895,961. Main- |tenance of way and structures was $17,071 more than for last year but the others showed a decrease. The net revenue from railway op- erations was $20,891,342 and with $3,662,813 for railway tax accruals and $7,943 for uncollectible railway revenues deducted, $17,220,586 re- mains as the railway operating in-} come. The net railway operating income was $12,498,366, which rep- resented the sum left after deduct- ing $2,080,085 for equipment rents and $2,650,135 for joint facility rent. HARTFORDLEADSIN DRUNKEN DRIVERS No Increase in This Gity Over 1926 Six-Month Period ' Hartford, Aug. 27.—Drunken driv- ing on Connecticut highways is about 30 per cent more frequent this year than last, according to the nimber of operators’ licenses sus- pended for this offense by the state motor vehicle department. During the first six months of 1926 there were 464 suspensions because of in- toxication while driving. In®he cor- responding period this year there ‘were 599 for the same cause, an in- cease of 135, 2 While the cases are widely spread among the towns of the state, nearly one-third of all the suspensions con- cern drivers in 17 cities. The same cities account for almost one fifth, or about 19 per cent of the increase in violations. Hartford drivers lead the list among the cities during the periods in both years, and provided the greatest numerical increase this fear. In 1026, there were 52 Hart- ford operators suspended during the first six months and this year 78, an increase of 26. Suspensions in 12 citles Increased this year over last. Three cities had fewer cases, and suspensions in two cities numbered the same as a year | ago. Suspensions in 17 cities during| 1926 figures first: g Ansonla, 0-4; Bristol, 4-12; Danbury, 2 Haft- |ford. 52-78; Merlden, 7-4; Middle- |town, 1-12; New Britain, 23-23; New | Haven, 32-42; New London, 8-10; | Norwalk, 3-1; Norwich, 6-3; Stam- ford, 7-20; Torrington, 0-4; Water- bury, 15- Winsted, 1-3; Willi- {mantic, 2 Bridgeport, 4 28-29; LILLIAN GISH 18 - ACAPITOL FEATURE “Annie Laurie” Is One of the Best Films Lillian Gish—ethereal and beauti- | of Highland clans—in the majestic splendors of ancient Scottish castles | —in settings that blend the legend | and romance of Scotland with the grim details of its turbulent history | —this is the Lilllan Gish of “Annie Laurie,” latest vehicle of the famous | star, now playing at the Capitol | | theater today, Sunday night, Mon- | day and Tuesday. | 1t is a gigantic story of human souls; a romance of love as great as | the huge settings in which the story is told; it is a historlc drama that | eclipses anything of the kind seen |in years—all the more wonderful be- ause it deals with a people never | before seen on the screen. { The ancient Scots, with ther court intrigues — thelr implacable clan | warfare, and their delicate senti- {ment underlying the ever-present lust for battle—these are reproduced with startling fidelity in the big Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer spectacte. Famous old castles, including his- torlc Maxwelton, were reproduced. Hordes of Kilted warrlors struggle; gaily comparisoned courtiers in the SUNDAY, Al Concert 3 Dancing in the first six months of both years be- | cause of drunken driving numbered | pay for such service, by the Wom- +las follows, with the ful—in the stern setting of the wars | | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Scapirol N NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1927. NURSES OF CIVIL WAR STILL ON PENSION LIST king’s antechamber plot untold vil- lainy—and through it runs the glori- ous story of the love of Annia Laurie and Ian MacDonald—a love that changed the courae of history, cen- turies ago, and unifled the Scottish nation. Norman Kerry is seen as the hero of the romantic spectacle; a fighting romanticist. Hobart Bosworth is the grim “Wolf of Glencoe,” the im- placable old chief of the men of Glencoe. It will also be shown twice on Sunday night at 6:30 and 8:30 and on Monday and Tuesday. Other films include the Capitol News, Fables, Big Boy In a comedy “Kid Ticks" and a pew organlogue will bo featured by W. 8. Jeffs at the golden voiced organ. Beginning Wednesday a double feature show will be offered. One attraction being Jackie Coogan in “The Bugle Call” and the other Winchell Smith’s comedy drama “Going Crooked” with Bessie Love. His First Flame at The Lyceum Theater When a speclal preview showing of “His First Flame” was held in New York city recently, for mem- bers of the metropolitan press, it ‘was the unanimous opinion of those who attended that the star, Harry Langdon, had attained a place in the film firmament which was on a par with that of Lloyd or Chaplin. Mabel Underwood, the noted re- viewer, said: “To me, Harry Lang- don is the king of clowns. For the first time in the history of the cin- ema, Lloyd and Chaplin have a real rival in feature-length comedies. Langdon is a genius. Like both Lloyd and Chaplin, he is responsible for his productions, and to his brain work and keen sense of the ridicu- lous may be attributed much of his success.” “His First Flame” is Langdon's newest feature length comedy, made for Pathe by Mack Sennett. The supporting cast boasts of such names as Natalle Kingston, Ruth Hiatt, Vernon Dent, Bud Jamieson and Dot Farley. It opens a four-day en- gagement at the Lyceum theater, beginning tomorrow. CLUBWOMEN MOTOR VETS T0 CLINICS Belmont Women's Club One of Most Active Danbury, Conn., Aug. 27 (P—The motor transportation to and from hospital clinics is being given to sick and crippled veterans of the World War, who cannot afford to Massachu- the most of the Women's an's club of Belmont, setts. This s one of active New England units General Federation of clubs. Less than a year ago the Volun- | the philanthropy committee of the club, working in conjunction with the Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross. flled the needs at first, but now a total of 23 women, including am- bulance drivers and attendants are needed. The service of these wom- en is used évery day by the Red Cross. On Labor Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas extra workers are added. All of the hospitals and charitable institutions of Boston and Greatcr Boston have the privilege of calling upon the corps at any time. In turn the club calls to service its members and other persons who are willlng to lend their cars for such use. Just you wait until you see CHARMAINE The Seductive French Siren! CAPT. FLAGG U. 8 M. C. The hardboiled Marine Captain SRGEANT QUIRT The blustering leath- crneck top kicker They're here soon “What Price Glory” NCAPITOLw LAKE COMPOUNCE UGUST 28th to 5 P.M. By Veterans of Foreign Wars Band the Evening Try Our Sunday Dinner All Concessions Open’ teer Motor Corps was organized by | Two drivers nursing was a recognized profession, are still alive, while others in the pages of American history. Of the latter, Clara H. Barton (upper left) s best known fo ed without pay and was appointed Superintendent of Female Nu Among those still living are Mrs. Cornelia Hancock of Washington, Aug. 27. P—Nurses | able to establish who served in the Civil War, like | the lesal req the heroes to whom they minis- | Dorothen Lo : | without pay, tered, are growing fewer as the | mont nurses, under conflict fades into history. :mnnt which made her Of 2,000 nurses who served with | nts. Dix, tendent of Female young and eager rejected by place in the vol These included Clara the Union forces government rec- ords disclose the names of but 46 | survivors. The list is admittedly | incomplete, for it includes only |ton, who later | those drawing pensions for t American Red Cr service. In Civil War times army Barlow. records were kept less carefully| The Confederacy than today. Many who served |K. Newsom, wea were not mentioned, or were listed | widow who spent only by first names which came to | work, as “Dixie’s the attention of record-keepers !ingale through some outstanding act of | The thinning merey or heroism. som 5 Mrs, Nursing was not yet a profession me does In the sixties. It was the need | pension reco disclosed by the war, rather, which child at brought about the establishment of | ing the battle the first schools for training nurses. | later she er | A great deal of the burden had!the Union to be borne by the Catholic sister- | ficlds. L Loods. Hurriedly volun- tal at Washington teers were also recruited. at 86, she live Many of these had independent { needs, others who felt the ne of pensions in later years were un CAPITO Popular Entcrtainment? ALSO TWICE SUNDAY NIGH accla y and ranks L with NORMAN KERRY and Thousands of Players | On the Screen Matinee Prices 1:00 to 3:30 Cupitol News | Aesop's Fables | '3 o | Y “BIG BOY” in KID TRICKS' Robert Morton Organlogue | ‘It's all in Fun’ | BEGINS WEDNESDAY ‘Winchell Smith’s Comedy Drama “GOING CROOKED” Many of the women who served as nurses in the Civil War, who headed the Nurses. volunteers were | but they found a | before live only r having organized the American Red Cross. Dorothea L. Dix (upper right) serv- arses. Atlantic City, (lower left), and Mrs. Wade McClellan, of Carroll, Iowa, (lower right). records to meet r rank: arlowe Bar- e the Amelia | ed Ella | bea fortune Florence Nig tnelude McClellan, roll, | served govern- an appoint- Superin- Many probably the most widely known, judging from available records, is Cornelia Hancock, now of Atlantic City. She was trained at Phila- delphia and ministered to the wounded at the front during the long campalgneof the Army of the Fotomac in 1864-65. Others on the roll and the states in which they reside include: Illinois: Clarissa Crossman, Julia McCarthy, Irene D. Cook of Chi- |cago: Addie Emery of Pontiac; | Eliza Pyle of Norris City: Kate | McLaughlin of Quincy; Mary C. | Upton of Vera. Pennsylvania: Mary Ann ams, of Reading; Marie Topping of Pittsburgh. Rhode Island: Mary Ann Atkin- |son of Newport. Massachusetts: | ster of Kingston. | Maryland: Amelia | Rosina_Johnson, Frances of Battimore. | Ohio: Hattie | Paris. Californa: San_Diego; Ad- Louise Ada A, Brew- C. Blodgett, A. Naille Brubaker of St. Helen M. Burnell of Margaret Hayes, Lydia A. Patch and Ellen N. Sheldon of | Los Angeles. apolis; Sister M. de Sales and Sis- E. Miller of Logansport. Wisconsin: Helen B Sheboygan Falls. Maine: Emily W. Dana of Port- land. Distrlet Davis of Takoma Page. New York: | Canton. West Virginia: | ot Wheeling. Louisiana: Gerantine Haves New Orleans; Amanda Wright Lake Providence. Oklahoma: { of Apache, Wyom Douglas. Alabama: ville. Florida: Bagdad. Kansas: C. Martin, ALAC TODAY 4 Good Vaudeville Acts also Double Feature Bill GEORGE O’HARA in “LADIES BEWARE” co-feature JACK - HOXIE “RAMBLING RANGER! — Sunday — BOB CUSTER in “CACTUS TRAILS” Cole of Columbla: Park; Maria Eldred of Jane Farrelly ot Sylvia Mary McCray, Nannie Caledonia Vaughn of I[f (-‘ 'oming 'f;es. “CHARLEY’S AUNT” TODAY Continuous 1:00 to 10:30 AT 6:30 AND 8:30 AND MON., TUE A Huge Spectacle— A Mighty Drama— And the Sweetest Love Story Ever Told! Of all her immortal roles, this is Lillian Gish’s finest contribution to the screen. Her beauty and appeal shine through a magnifi- cent, stirring spectacle of war, intrigue, love among the rugged hills of Scotland. JACKIE COOGAN in “THE BUGLE CALL” MERCHANTS' GIFT NIGHT i\'ED.\'ESDAY NIGHT—MANY VALUABLE GIFTS TO OUR PATRONS Topeka, Maria MgMoran of Salina. Kentucky: Bridget Murphy of Ashland. Michigan: Charles. Mississtppi: Vicksburg. Missourl: St. Louis; Lamar. New Jersey: Rutherford. Rena L. Miner of St. Rose Russell of Catherine Mary M. ‘Thomas Watson of of of Lizzie Walcott AT THE PALACE “What Every Girl Should Know,' which comes to the Palace !h:‘:\!v‘r! tomorrow, is the story of three orphans—Dave Sullivan, who s a truck driver; Mamie, sister, and their small Bob Custer in his latest releass, “The Cactus Trails” The story, maintains high level of all of Cuss | ter’s recent productions, with an us« | usual theme in its handiing of com= ing of oil wells into cattle country, and a swift moving wetory of | banditry, romance and the efforts of |a deputy sheriff to clean up | gambling in the wide open oil town. | Custer gives a splendid performance | in the role of the peace officer, and | has an excellent leading lady. in ’.\larjoric Zier, with a capable sup- | porting cast. Prince of Wales and his younger brother, Prince George, hold ‘The his plucky | equal claim to the honor of being the brother, | Bob— parts played respectively by | best dancers in the royal family, Carrol Nye, Patsy Ruth Miller ana | ThTe Duke of York excels at teanis, Mickey McBan. The second attraction will offer | while Prince Henr yis easily the best cricketer. Indiana: Mary Brady of Indian-:| ter M. Paula of Notre Dame; Mary | ot Lucretia | Maria | of Sarah E. !ngraham; Housfaux of | Eliza Jones of Hunts- | Jennie M. Kennedy of ! BEGINNING SUNDAY Here’s a Modern Eve Who Made Adam Turn LEW AILEEN The Star Team Over a New Leaf! CODY PRINGLE ROBERT Z. LEONARD Production Special SUNDAY Presentation with Augmented Jan llrchest;q Vaudeville's Foremost Hit! 5 ACTS Here's Greater Entertainment for Everybody FRED SMITH “Gymnastics” WINIFRED & MILLS The Comedy Hit “China” BILLY FARRELL & CO. HARRY GIRARD and His 14—GOLDEN VOICED GIRLS—14 Famous Ensemble & AL PAULINE DURANT “Personality” “The Prodigal Son” LY CE, UM —Contiuous Dsly SUN.—MON.—TUES.—WED. 2—GREAT PICTURES—2 FIRE! FIRE! CLANG! CLANG! Fireman! Fireman! Save My Kimono Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! Mack Sennelt PRESENTS LSO— BETTY COMPSON —IN— “THE LADY BIRD” LADIES’ This Coupon and 10c will MAT. admit a Iady to best seats. R e TR s L