New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1928, Page 13

A AR ppey nl - Unless otherwise indicated, thestrical notices ai written by press agencler for the EIGHT ACTS TONIGHT The Strand presents tonight eight vaudeville acts including three new discoveries among them being the popular New Britain baritone, John Ashmore Gowen who will be heard | in a cycle of songa accompanied at the plano by Miss Barbara Troupe. The feature photoplay _for today, ¥riday and Saturday is Richard Dix in “Sporting Goods.” The regular vaudeville bill includes the Five Lamys; Marty White; “In China”; the Seven Stylish Steppers and Lo- max and Johnson. The discoveries include Ginter Brothers, John Ash- more Gowen and Burkhardt Trio. Attractions at the Strand for next “week include “Ladies’ Night in a Turkish Bath” which is the film feature for the first four days be- ginning next Sunday. On Monday it will be presented with Dan Fitch Minstrels. EUROPEAN FLOODS DO MUCH DAMAGE Tn Southern Ukraine 85 Villages Are Inundated _ London, Ieb. 16 \LP)—Dimfs trous floods in European countries from Great Britain to Russia and wvalanches in Switzerland that threatened to become serious, were | reported today after sudden thaws and torrential rains. A sudden rise in temperature in Switzerland, 'that threatcned for a {ime to cause cancellation of winter Olympic games, and heavy rains that melted the deep snow, brought both floods and avalanche: p The river Rhine has risen six feet. Avalanches have occurred at Glaris, Interlaken and elscwhere. Danger of avalanches in the Jungfrau region was reporled es- peclally grave. All Swiss lakes have risen mark- edly. Floods De Fonds, Basle, Allamans, gen, Fribourg, Zurich and places. Bridges have been smashed, roads destroyed, and railway traffic dis- rupted. e Floods were reported at&arious places in Great Britain. The rivers Wye and Derwent have overflowed, causing extensive inundations in Derbyshire. Take Bala, in Merionethshire, has overflowed and submerged sur- rounding- farms. Livestock was drowned off the Hebrides islands shen the fishing trawler Briarlyn was wrecked. Floods in the Crimea and north- ern Caucasus are subsiding after having caused immense damage and several deaths. Eighty-five villages in the Meli- topol district of the southern Ukraine still were under water. Jewish agricultural colonies were affected, but damage among them was reported to be comparatively small. were reported at Chaux Bolti- othel HINKLER AT CALCUTTA Calcutta, India, Y¥ngland, to Australia, arrived here this afternoon. PALACE ~TODAY— “THE BIG PARADE” with JOHN GILBERT - and RENEE ADOREE ~—FRIDAY— “BLANKET NIGHT” On the Screen “GIRL FROM CHICAGO" with Conrad Nagel & Myrna Loy Also “THE SPRING FEVER” PARSONS’ HARTFORD TONIGHT ' And Al Week Messrs. Shubert Present THE MUSICAL HIT of the CENTURY My Maryland with OLGA COOK All Star Singing Cast Great Male Soldier Chorus Prices: Eves., Oroh: $3.45; bal 8388, $2.30, $1.73; Gal. 3. Wed. s PR N lii I TANe R iy eb. 16 (A—Bert | Hinkler, British fiver, en route from | TR b, S ||!-l'u: st ] v > [T nd reviews in this tolumn are Teapective amuscment company. CHAPLIN AT HE CAPITOL There remain three more days for local theater-goers to see Char- lie Chaplin in his greatest comedy “The Circus” which 'is playing at the Capitol all this week, To date there is no single come- | dian who can take away Charlic's laurels as the king of comedy. After an absence of two and a half years he returns to the screen just as big a favorite as in his best days, “The Circus'* is his greatest effort in comedy lines, his mannerisms and pantomime being very, very funny. There are continuous shows daily with the feature appearing at 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9:10 and a special showing after school for children at ten cents. Beginning Sunday night the Capt- tol will offer Emil Jannings, the out- | standing dramatic star in “The T Command.” Everyone will long re- member his fine acting in *“Variety” particularly in “The Way , HARTFORD Maxwell Anderson’s fine comedy, “Saturday’s Children,” will be the at- | traction at Parsons’ for three nights beginning nest Monday, with a | matinee Wednesday. Ruth Gordon is | |featured in the cast. for si | years Miss Gordon-das been steadily aged in Broadway successes and | be seen in this play outside of W York city for the first time in everal scasons. With her will be| Ruth Hammond, Humphrey Bogart, | Frederick Perry, Richard Barbee, | Anne Tonetti arid Grace Roth Hen- | derson, who were - in the 40 week | |run of the comedy at the Booth | [ theater, New York. The play comes | ‘\\’Hh the strongest advance interest, | Written by onc of the “What Price | Glory” authogs and his first individ- | | ual suce ged by Guthrie Me- | Clintic and presented by the Actors | | theater group, which has not hither- | to been represented on the local | stage, aturday’s Children” was | lone of the - season’s most popular | plays on Proadw and has repeated its hit in Chicago and Philadciphia. |Madam Gadski Celebrates | Anniversary of Debut | | Washington, Fcb. 16 (P—When | Madame Johanna Gadski sings | | Brunnhilde in Dic Walkure with the | ational Opera Company here to- | | nigh e will be celebrating the | twentieth anniversary of her Ame n debut on the opcratic stage. | Twenty years ago today she sang | |as Elsa in Lohengrin at the Metro- | politan in New York, with Walter ! Damrosch conducting. I Although it is twenty-three years | since &he began her operatic career lin Barlin, and she has a small grandfon in Germany now, Madame Gadski still claims youth. “Just feeling happy always is the | secret of always being young,” she | says. | Jacqueline Logan, i:flm | Star, Also Asks Divorce | Tos Angeles, Feb, 16 (®—W. A. Sarnhill, attorney for Jacque | | Logan, film actress announced that he had hecn instructed to file a divorce suit here today in behalf of | Lis client against Ralph J. Gillespie, | Los Angeles real cstate man. | Barnhill said the suit would charge cruelty. The couple was mar- vied three years ago. DANCE Music by WORTHY HILLS ORCHESTRA Friday Night Teh, 17, 1928 Stanley Arena Last Friday Night Dance Before Lent ¢ Admission 50c. cy PARSONS'| Teh. 20-21-22 3 NIGHTS—WED. MAT. Maxwell Anderson’s Comedy “Saturday’s Children” with RUTH GORDON and N. Y. Cast from 40 Weeks at Booth Theater “Best American Play of the Year.”— N. Y. Sun. Pre-Lent Dance Rialto Ballroom Friday Night { dismounted he |some hereditary talent here, Connie {dal: Reuben's gone and deserted |, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FLASHES OF LIFE: 87 YEAR OLD MAN HOPES TO RIVAL METHUSELAH FOR AGE Yonkers, Y.—John E. Andrus, capitalist, who is 87 today says he hopes to live within a few days of the age ot Methusalah. “I'm feeling fine,” he said to callers. “See that arm, Like to box me a round?" * said an embarrassed man in a throng the prince was greeting at a hotel, “I'm a waiter.” “Well, what of that?” asked H. R. H. “Why not shake?” Washington — Abby Aldr{ch. daughter of the late Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, longed to own a newspaper which would always tell the truth. Telling newspaper women of that youthful amkition of hers Berwick, Penna.—Having been cashier of the First National Bank for 61 years, 8. C. Jayne has been made chairman of the board of di- rectors, New York—Mayor Walker has de- | clined an offer of $150,000 a year to become head of a chain of movie theaters. “I have learned how difficult it is some times to find the truth.” Key West, Fla.—Mr. Hoover is here fishing—for fish. He says on his vacation he is not even thinking Philadelphia—Babe Ruth has | ahout politics, been riding to hounds as the guest of Herb Pennock. Perspiring as he guessed he had | knocked off a few pounds. No guesses were made about the horse. Ambherst, Mass.—To the showers with new fangled pitching. Hank Gowdy, Amherst college coach, who caught the best of the big leaguers, has ordered pitching machines off the field. Without a windup he finds |them of no practical value. New York—The big town is to have the biggest hotel—a $22,000,000 structure 400 feet high at eighth avenue and 34th street. Tt will be known as the New Yorker and will be ready in 1929 with 2,503 rooms. Danbury — Albert MclIntyre of Pawling, N. Y., dies in hospital here after automobile accident. Philadelphia—There scems to be New London—Former comgpiodore of the Leviathan arrives here to in- spect liner facilities as part of his new job. Mack's daughter Mary plays basket- ball at Moupt St. Joseph academy. London—From Mme. Kraner | Bach, Paris feminiet, who is visiting, comes news that thé French govern- ment has agreed to admit women to | the diplomatic service. | ‘Waterbury—As her stepmother |looks on, Emily Radvilas, 9, is pull- ed into automobile and driven away. Police are looking for the child's own mother. ‘Washington—White house scan- | Hartford—The “Nutmeggers” hold cir 1 ai Rebecca. He escaped from home and | Sapualdiinas il brentmtion for hardware men': vention, t00k to o high tree. Reuben and Re- | Sodon becca are pet presidential Taccoons. | . Hartford—Deputy Attorney Gen- leral Ernest L. Averill prepares to Plerre, S. D.—State parks are 10 |yt in' two weeks workl:g I\pr Con- benefit from Mr. Coolidge's summer | coticut's case on Swift and Ware vacation, The federal government |river giversion pl has sent $10,000 to the state for ex- | penses incident to presidential occu- | pancy of the State Game lodge. The money is going to the park fupd. Hartford—Bureau of chill welfare reports that 1,065 children were in its care on January 1. Hartford—Clark Belden, execugive |vice presidefit of state chamber of |commerce, withdraws his resigna- tion recently submitted. to do considerable *repair work on detour roads before they can be opened to the increased amount of traffic which is to be shunted off from the main highway. Although Say Bill— Let’s get the girls and all go to the PovertyDance Benefit of DeMolay at a King and a waiter may shake hands with the Prince of Wales. DET"”R [;"STS AHE 1nm best roads available are select- | pair work, oiling, and lighting arc usually neces: i RED”[}E“ BY STATE 'load which they are to hear. i Upén 190 miles pf detour Gmter Mfl o B“t Imler U | department to maintain, p“,lons of oil were used. In order to k Per Ufl]t dircet clearly autoists and ftruck m ;(0 be followed, it was necessary to iconslruct, paint and place 1,205 di- Highway Department expended |tors were employed to watch the $129,609 to prepare and maintain | condition of the detours so that re. tion period of 1927, an increase of l“ it became necessary. $3,486 over the detour expenditure | the fact that 190 miles of detour A were necessary during the 1927 con- | In Hardware Business New York, Feb. 16—While cu 164 in 1926. The figures, however, show a decrease of £54 In the cost | is not overly brisk at the moment, | optimism 1s very evident in all sec- 1927, the average cost per mile of detour in 1927 being $679, as com- | row in its weckly market summa Because of the costliness of de- tours, the Connecticut highway de- | has been tisfactory during the even more than motorists. Highway | pects are bright for a continuation department engineers try to keep | of this stability. while pavement is being laid on the | creasing demand throughout the other side. That is not always pos- | country and prices are decidedly necessary to prepare a detour Retail sales are reported to be around the spot at which road- moderatcly good and collections are Preparation of detours is a far more difticult task than it may seem cases, the highway department has YCEUM —NEW SHOW— “Windsor, England—A cat can look | “Pardon me, your royal highness,” |ed for the detours, preliminary re them safe for the addi {it was necessary for t drivers over the routes which wore Hartford, Fel 16—Connecticut | rection and warning signs. Inspec- traffic detours during the construc- | pair work could be ordercd as soon for 1926, the increase being due to “Spring Outlook Good struction period, as compared with | | rent hardware business in general of maintaining a mile of detour in | tions, Hardware Age will say tomo pared with $768 in 1926. | In the majority of market centers, partment strives to avoid their use | first six weeks of the year. DPros- one side of the road open to trafifc | Spring goods are having an in- sible, however, and it then becomes | firm on practically all lines. building is taking place. normally satisfactory. to the average layman. In most TODAY—THURS.—FRI, SHANGHAI” TONIGHT BLANKET NIGHT Co-Feature Pauline Frederick “THE NEST” Starts Saturday GS AT THE I'RONT* TLADIES. M ¥ Tais coupon and*10c will admit any lady to best matinee seats. Friday at 8:00 o’Clock at the Grotto Hall Only 50c a couple. ‘HAM & TODAY—FRIL—SAT. 2:10, 4:30, 7:00, 9:05 CHARLIE CHAPLIN = Y “THE CIRCUS” Everyone Likes It! You Will Too! BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT FOR 4 DAYS D/ it ~ The Outstanding Dramatic Star of the Movies Today in the Screen’s Greatest Sensation! Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., faid ! | particularly those in the west, trade | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1928, HOLY CROSS PARISH HONORS ITS PASTOR Rev. Stephen Bartkowski Guest of Honor at Banquet carly $00 people from all walks of life paid tribute and gave ev dence of strong support to Rev. Stg- phen Bartkowski, pastor of the Polish Holy Cross parish, last night at a banquet held in his honor and sponsored by the Ladies' sodality of the Holy Rosary. The gathering was larger than expected—an evidence of confidence in the good work of the Rev. Father Bartkowski. Attorney Stanley Traceski, as toastmaster, called upon Dr. Roman | b | REV, STEPHEN BARTKOWSKI Lekston as the firs | Dr. Lekston bers of the new parish c: late themselves on the ¢ | aifairs of the parish are being con- ducted since the project was launch- ed and peid high tribute to the p tor for his untiring efforts. He 1« minded the people that good worlk will bring good will and good will will ereate better und nding and mony among all peopl clusion he asked for ur | of each other, which essential to achieve un and understanding. Attorney Joseph Kulas of Mart- ford cited historical facts, the Polish people through all s showcd unity at crucial mo- st of the world upon them to deliver it from the invasion of barbarians. To sup- port his claim to this he mentioned the defeat of the Turks at Vienna, when King John Sobieski saved 1 nity and Europe. He then spoke of the time fresh in the minds of the present generation when the speaker. ¥ and Jove said, ary al peace rist It adds Sparkle and Variety fo my menus” | says Mrs. Julian De Roche, Staten Island, about Gulden’s as a seasoning in cooking. *“It makes my cookingsomuch more tasty,” writes Mi | MUETARD TONJGHT! 8 ACTS Including Three Discoveries with JOHN GOWEN of New Britain Assisted By BARBARA TROOP MARTY WHITE In con- | showing | McEachran, Spokane, Wash. From East | to West clever cooks have found that Gulden’sisthe onecomplete seasoner for cooking that imparts a spicy delicious- ness to meats, fish, sauces and gravies. GULDENS Poles, after regaining their freedol rallied to save Europe from the Bol- (shevik landslide. In inentioning these facts, the speaker wanted to {impress on the people that the Poles always strive to uphold the right and |are working towards a better under- standing among nations. In eulogiz- ing Father Bartkowski, Mr. Kulas reminded the members of the parish | of their duty towards him—that of working in unison with him and striving for the same ideal. Because of the absence of l"t('\',l Stanley Iciek of Norwich, who could {not be present, the toastmaster | called upon Rev. Peter Kacmarski ot Terryvillé. Although unprepared, the | speaker made an impressive speech, ;\\hich was interwoven with humor. | Rev. Victor Plaskowski of De-| | troit paid high tribute to Rev. Father | | Bartkowski, and mentioned that the | greatest pleasure he had exper- ienced was the time when he work- ed with him for the formulation of the new parish. STANLEY J. TRACESKI. F. C. Kelly, cashier of the City National bank, eulogized the guest of honor and his unselfish work to- wards establishing a new edifice to God, and hoped that he would stay in New Britain and continue his ex- cellent weork, A tremendous ovation greeted Rev. Father Bartkowski, who deliv- cred his speed in English add in Polish. | “It is but a short time since T !have heen appointed pastor of the {Holy Cross parish, but New Britain has indeed become part of me,” he said. “I love this city and T love 11 more its people—my people. On occasions like this, when I see your enthusiasm and joyous spirit, 1 am | thrilled to the utmos 1 am filled !with joy and gladness to be with {vou. T wish to thank you all from {the depth of my heart for all you | have done to push forward our pro- ject of organizing the new parish, |in establishing a new altar, where | we shall again gather in heart and spirit, good-will and charity towards Mabel RiICHARD . DI In His Latest Sensation “SPORTING GOODS” e Sy | 5 LAMYS ENV TYLISH STEPPERS LOMAX & JOHNSO! Loserved each other. Iam sure God will bless| Peter Sroka of Meriden, Attornes all of us in our endeavors. 3‘“51_1" Slekl:lvie‘l‘ill)r- w'l“ Mrs. Bu, o - ry Cieszynskl, orney wrence J. 1 wish to thank my Dbrother)on'ang Mrs. Golon, Dr. Slyss, D priests, who by their presence en-|fenry Obuchowski of Newark, N. J., courage us very much. I wish also|Mr anad Mrs. Peter J. Pajewski, to express my thanks to the mayor |stanley Samorajezyk, Mrs. Koplecki, of this wonderful city. and other |vajerian Ciessynski, Mr. snd Mrs. officials as well as to the doctors, | jogeph Mlynarski and Rev. Paul lawyers, bankers and all profession- | Bartlewski of Bristol. Many out of al men, who arc interested in our|town guests were also present. work and show their deep interest| Mrs, Bronislawa Rydel, chairmar by their presence tonight.” of the banquet committeg, presented Other speakers were Dr Father Bartkowski with a beautiful Tokarczyk, Leon Tomikor urplice, as a token of admiration A. Grzybowski. from the members of the sodality. In conclusion Mr. Traceskl thank-|The receipts of the banquet will go ed the speakers and all present for |{owards the purchase of a baptismal the support given to Father Bart-|font for the new church. Kowski. The guests then filed to the ballroom for dancing. It was found that a great deal of foodstuffs were | left over untouched and it was de- cided by the members of the so- ciety to send them to the Polish Orphanage on Burritt street. missed until several hours later and Among the others present at the|scarch revealed the hole where he banquet were: P. K. 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