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NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, SEP MBER 1y, 1927, 19 e IATEDS | r’--l d. theatrical motices and reviews In this colump are ncles for the respective amusement company. Unless otherwise indic: written by the prese Z XAARXXEERXXRKTRNERRN * B e S S A A R R O R R S Le AT THE PALACE AT THE LYCEUM “Love Makes 'Em Wild,” the Fox | For the last part of the week the Films feature comedy directed by |Lyceum theater offers a great dou- Albert Ray, features Johnny Harron | ble feature bill. The main attrac- and Sally Phipps, supported by a [tion “Say Tt With Diamonds” star- splendid all star cast. The film|ring the beautiful Betty Compson, comes to the Palace theater this popular screen star with a great evening. The comedy is from the |cast including Farl Williams, Ar- story “Willie, the Worm,” by Flor- mand Kaliz. Jocelyn Lee, Belty ence Ryerson and was adapted for | Baker and many other well known the screen by Harold Shumate reen st 'he The sccond attraction will offer | America ing Recd Richard Holt, in “In Search of who is always ready Hero.” It is the story of a college a frolic boy who was afraid to fight himself | T! Lycenm management but enjoyed immensely sezing some- ' booked direct from the Roxy one else take the count. His father ater, New York, the sent him to his lumber camp after |sensation: “A Trip To the Hawalian the boy was thrown out of school: |Islands” with the Aldrich Imperial there he finds himself because he Hawaiian Serenaders. Never before likes the daughter of his father's have we off competitor. AT THI Tonight is the last show Capitol of Dolores Costello in “The Heart of Marylan and Harry! Langdon in “Long Pants,” the dou- Me ble feature program which has 1 pleased patrons tion Beginning Saturday for an en- | days oeg gagement of four days the manage- |tember ment will present Charlie Murray [matin and George Sidney in “The Life of musical Riler." “Riley.” the character de-|Sigmind Ro picted by Murray, is fire chief and score for “My general storekeeper in rural vil- | proved that ranks lage, and “Mever” is chief of police |1 ay composesr with and the iceman. Hardy comes to “Bonita." The book town with a circus as a shell-game | apted by Edward Locke man, and remains to get the rich|the lyries are by Harry B widow, desired also by the fire and | | What could more nductive police chiefs! Myrtle Stedman plays |colorful ror the role. | prairies. “The Big Parade And that has captured the heart of the world, will be presents at the ol for scven beginning 24th nsational, and con- never hee before, a ha the- presentation <o bri {50 rick in high g iant in color and — ade entertain- CAPITOL, 1 ng at the | T % e PARSONS' HARTFORD ‘Bonita” has been selected by the sre. Shubert, in ion with Lawrence Wel presenta- Parsons for three ning Monday, Sep- wit popular-price Wednes: “Bonita” is a play of ssoci for 1 the West of the again "mong the Golden berg, composer Maryland,” has a first scors for " Smith cavalrymen with a of 1 tiful women to “Ronita” hat the photoplay | re TR days i must not thea Ande Lawre rford Fischer, on, Will 1ce, John B Edward Do canley, Wilfred Lu Jane Egl Stanley Snmm Carlos M " ror Lora Charles John Ruth- Joseph Ma elle Hunt, Jossup, Sam Spectacnla vincing. There fered on the screen toplay as might. as true to life, incomparable as “The Big Parade Heading its great cast is John b as Jim Apperson, an Amer- n doughboy, in France with the|vitt E. T FANNIE WARD ON HEEPING YOUTHFLL London Men Anxious to Hear Her SCCTEIS ) 1, n of Am pho- as ia, Harold Kr: and a 1s of 60 voices. A Theatrical Producer Is Chicago. Sept. 16.—(/P—Ernie Young, theatrical producer, and Mrs, Young were held up in their Gold ‘oast Uotel apartment two men and robbed jewelry and cash The robbers, the unlocked aparty Mrs, Young were dining Mrs. Young to show her Jewel in arm nto and They com- them after their . Cuttir pelied whi wh victims 16 (ATt was man and not woman who nearly nobbed “Grandma” Fannie Ward when sh gave her first talk in London on how to keep young. Women wer: at the lecture, of course, but men eutnum- | 'Three lncs Set in bered the fair listencrs neirly two : to one. Many of the men who were I‘?"Q‘ _5('!“’3! Hou passed middle-age made rumerous DBOStON. Sept. 16— (U'P) —itiremen joftings in note bhooks of Miss ! fight three fires in Ward's recipe for youth Kelley schoolhouse, Willow The 60 year old actre early today. All were of in- zood deal ahout keeping open frame of mind and cantio first fire was discovered in a losing one’s temper. r 1 foor, “Keep smiling, and never frown,” {Inguished w it damage. Fire she langhed ar in smind i e Wens e build- that it takes 5 nuscles to when anoth in a second- bring a smile, 65 to make a frown “And remember. in life is the melody of youth.” Miss Ward said hecause a grandmother she had oeen criti- cized for returning to the stage it have not come back to the stage as a vaudeville artist,” she explained, “to tell you how it is I am still Londonifeents e wires the ore Mr. and could free themselves robh Mrs, s es- Young +d ag; sk on the It was ex- bout to leave the floor closet discovered Shortly afterward fire out on the third floor. Police were seeking a clue identity of the incendiary. Bt was in broke too, that keynote inter- to the o s she was 5 CARD o1 T wish to thank neighbors for their sympathy shown me in the lo my beloved husband. T espe wish to thank Dept ley Works also the Mutual Benefit' Assn (Signed) MRS, NOBITZ, THANKS my fricnds Kindness and and of Iy S3 of the Stan- Stanley Works it persons ching the age of said dvised study this diet “Don’t munch too much bread and butter —munch grem alads instead.” As to fads \Iu\ Ward declared: “I don't believe all thsee new treatments such is monkey glands.” When the lectire was concluded the men crowded around in such numbers to get a £00d look at her that Miss Wird | was compelled to flee for safefy. || after Ware everybody b wife. whiw CAPITOL House of Photoplay Hits? COMING! T KING VIDOR'S rrovucrion on Uses Royal Train as Home by the Seaside Bognor, England, Sept. 16 M- Miss Viola Tree, the actre ha: ons of the most novel bungalows fn England, Her scaside home near here has been built from the mloon and sleeping cars of the roya!train formerly used by the king and | queen. Princess Mary spen her | honeymoon in these cars whkn she married Viscount Lascelles i1 1922, The saloon car is nov Miss Tree's dining room. Tt is dcorated with inlaid wood, while the sleep- ing coaches are of satin wiod with bright blue blinds. There are three carriags in all, painted white, set as thre. sides of a square, forming a cout. Here Miss Tree has planted a flower | garden which she tends krself. PARSON S’ HARTFORD SEPT. 1 Matinee CROSBY GAIGE and E. Present “The Shamons ||| - of Bro:dway” A Comee star of “Is Zat So" Pl JOHN GILBEI\T Renee Adoree Pirst Time At Popular Price 7 BOOTH TODAY MAKES "EM WILD? With JOUNNY HARRON—SALLY Co-Feature RICHARD HOLT in IN SFARCH OF A HERO" VE PHIPPS Author and 2 SATURDAY IRENE RICH “DON'T TULL 3 Co-Te BOB CU “TERROR OF A LAUGH 3 SECOND (Time fem) £2.50 11 50es S 5% tax. U NITE IS GOLD NITE 50 in Gold Will Be Offered D ——— film-musical | d a stage and screen | jare includes ' |0 !refused admittance nally Robbed in Chicago Hotel | modern to the | Theater Reviews of Current Offerings GROSRY GAIG SARLE BOOTHI “THE SHAN: BROADWAY" Comedy i Mine Raymond Hearn Lucilla Webster James Emma Mickey Gleason Suzanne Sheldon Percy Moore harles = Brokate o Wilson hotel.. ie Horon Harry Gladys Crolius Willard Keeler B. Stayman thew Zentner Doenct Sheridan am Millar patients who mer depres- one Shannons of at Parsons’ 1t will not be sary to “shake well before the patients will shake with <hier after they get there Here is an entertainment that can stand shoulder to shoulder with Col. amous soap—it is 99 44- laughter and it floats along suds of fun a ileason, co-al Ay Zat and “The Fali Guy." and his wife, Lucile Webster, are mainly ible for the gales of laughter nothing less than g will ribe it—which sweep over the They are ably supported by o0dd assort- may be it from Four it Clarence PRl Physicians having suffering from e advised dose of “The v." now g ter, Hartforc sion dw nes S0 ound in playwrigh mma Shannon, vau inded in the Sutton when nanager funds 312,000 be Mickey and leville actors, are ew England town of show blows up and the years with the comp: But they have saved about buy a farm when to th iy and a hotel cause of the gainst the world set heavily on them they the proprietor from bei o the snow by the vill Mo yags who holdes a lien azainst the property and conduct it themselves. They learn that the town has been chosen as the site of a vard and aviation field Shannon specutates in with t inds, ire on the point of broke and returning to the “thre day,” the sun of bursts t | f 1 vil- sh in proprie woes of sven- “actor hostelry, save d out buy nd land Just as going Kto » Shannons of Broadway' has large part of old fashioned . thirt' melodrama in setting and dress and it 1s to be whiftled down. Th ten, tw ner LYCEUM NOW PLAYING 2GR v URES—2 BETTY COMPSON in “Say Tt With Diamonds™ { Chapter 4—*Perils of the Jungle” ! —Also— 3 ‘THE ROYAL AMERICA Starring EED HOWE STARTING SUNDAY Yrom Roxy Theater N Y. Islands Some- thing New LADIEN MAT, Ihis Coupon and 10¢ will admit a lady to best seat. CAPITOL House of Photoplay Hitst Last Time Tonight DOLORES COSTELLO in “The Heart of Maryland” | HARRY LANGDON in “LONG PANTS” BF(.h\s \\Il RD \Y Bargain It's a Seream! A Laugh a Second! | material into*the show and some ! Moore, Tyler | big railroad | ducers have tried to crowd too much of it detracts from the main theme. Mr. Gleason and Miss Webster arc truly great in their respective roles. Others whose characterizations are deserving of especial notice are George Iarren, Guy Nichols, Helen Mehrmann, Leo Lindhard, Louise Crolius, Suzanne Sheldon, Percy Charles Brookat Heron, and Bertram Millar. “The Shannons of Broadway" will remain at Parsons' for the rest of the week, with a matinee on Satur- ay. CLAIN AIR FORGE WEAK IN AMERICA . Legion Gonvention to Hear Com- parison With Other Powers Paris, Sept (P —The that the U d States is the mos backward of any first-class power in the development of a real air force is made in a resolution draft- d by the American Legion's nation- al committee on aeronautics for presentation the ion conven- 7 opening next week. As ren the committee ded by t Gill Robb Wil- on, N. J., urges the in- of a scparate ment of onal aeronautie: cabinet sent and coeval with the military and naval depart- nt It proposes that the presi- ient appoint a hoard of aeronautics establishment of department 16 charge to T he Rev. son of uration Tret es s flights of Lindbergh | to be has advanced the committee warns. but rather 1 criterion of what American airmen able and re do when d by interested organizations.” Development of a substantial body of pilots and the building of an airfleet capable of defending America’s far-flung coast and bor- ler lines are held to he essential. Ay to SHEEP MARKET HIGH San Angelo, Texas, Sept. 16 (P Prices on sheep and gouts in West Texas are the highest they have been sinca the days just after the r, and 1anches report a good de- mand for their products. About 7 per cent of the lambs, ranchmen estimate, have heen contr but fe are under contrac iorthern breeders, a bs, Taking Part O one likes to be a mere listerer all the time. 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Monday With Vaudeville Eddie | Harry Tyler, Gladys Crolius ! propriations committee should get an early start on the consideration next fiseal year's supply m ures. Mr. Longworth also said he was in favor of Boulder Canyon 1am 1rg1~|avmn and believed in hav- 5-5-3 ration in naval effective in all types of s warships. SAY CODUIDGENOT " FOREARLY SESSIN - Believe President Siding With! "™ ™ wpriy s T, BERNARD MONKS. ‘OPPOSE SMUGGLING - UP‘, ~Al- | Dim Big Beacon fo Make Ilicit L‘.s hn L e e Work Harder aders of s with avy program of legislation con- | ‘r onts the new <sion, 1 Washington, though the preponderance | views of the republican | { congress in their ¢ Sept. 18 ]"r(rf]"l\' Coolidge gince his return to Washington is opposed to an ear- Martigny, Switzerland, Sept. 16 (®) The light on Saint Bernard's f mous hospice has been dimmed. | Monks at the cloister have been in- formed that it is used as a beacon by smugglers who trek their way on stormy nights through the great St. Bernard pass between Switzer. tland and Italy onal committee, s of ad. | HOW the light was made to shine iw. has 1653 brightly is one of the secrets airman, Repre. |Of the thousand-year-old institution, n, who is also head of Pt it is no longer visible from the {t. |out-of-the-way trails along the pass. commit- ing in the | The monks learned that smug- | glers of tobacco, silks and precious stones not only used the light a a guide, but also attempted the p in the worst weather, knowing that if a storm suddenly enveloped them the kindly occupants of the monas- tery would come to their rescue. The pass has been a gateway be- | tween Switzerland and Italy since the days of Julius Caesar, and the monks of St. Bernard, who are pledged to devote a part of their | lives to saving Alpine travelers lost | in the snow, have become as wide- Iy known as the pass itself, The minuta a storm sets In they strap on first aid kits and go out into the night to save any person caught | in the whirl of snow which covers everything in its path. With them | always go their St. Bernard dogs. | who get their name from the rescue | hospice. When Napoleon led an army through §t. Bernard pass in 1800 it was only a bridle path. Today it is traversed by hundreds of persons daily. has received | including that of a progressive ator, Nye of North Dakota, regarding the practicability of a special session, it is understood that he is inclined to ain his previous viewpoint that an early assembly is unnecessary. some congr. ated to deal wi middle of O this comr gressmen of the a ee has developed, how- g to views among con- fact that the revision Aministrative features of the tax law ay eause almost of a problem to the new ss as the deciding of the re- duction of taxes, There is said to be a committes on the selection man which is reported od to wide differences hetween “snate snd Housa memberalon = prosecution of this task of re- vising the administrative features. aker Longworth of the house declared that the consideration of the Mississippl river flood problems should not lead to hasty action but study by the best minds ot the country. He, however, said that, if the of the engineers and xperts in tlooa control was . for on, there nught cause for summoning an early ses on of congress The speaker be sion bill should during the new that farm reli Shoals measure present as much rift in the of Green to needs its report considerat jeved a he tax revi- SN o2 ; s Woman’s Status Varies in All Lands London, Sept. 16 (A—What a woman is depends upon the country in which she lives, believes Canon Ay R. Dawson, headmaster of Brighton college. “In France, a ssion asserted and Musele | should he deferred until later. Railroad consolidation and other legislative fect railroads, he added, should idered in commir Fefore ion convenes and the ap- an the measures af- woman is a play- A GREAT LITTLE INSTRUMENT MODEL NO. 43 ...at an amazing price. HERE is one of the best values in the history of reproduced music—a truly fine instrument, capable of giving you every sort of music and entertainment —and at a price that is astonishingly low! 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