New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1928, Page 25

NEW BRITAIN PAILY HERALD, FRIDAY", OCTOBER 26, 1928, Miss Kathering Hepburn of Hartford and Mias Mary Hall stand out as STRONG IN HARD TEST New York, Oct. 26 T = dlll_!ifffii‘"‘""‘h...'. -- |4p|!|!uml||||| ) )y .l- llllnl f ‘_ & o 22 Oulem oierwioe indicated. theatrics) betiess aad roviews W this coloma are W%ew W orem aguscies far the WPV Gmusement compaay. GOOD BILL AT STRAND Headed by C. B. Maddock's “Mix- ed Pickles” the vaudeville program at the Strand for today amd Satur- day presents excellent entertainment and was thoroughly enjoyed by the large audiences yesterday. ‘“Mixed Pickles” is vaudeville's most pre- tentious girl offering and has a large cast of Broadway sweeties and fun- sters in a unique song, dance and comedy revue with® many sets of special scenery and gorgeous cos- tumes,. Jack Hedley and Co. offer “Polar Pastimes,” an excellent novejty in which they scored heavily; Cynthia and Claire, two youthtul peppy &irls were well liked in “Songland”; Far- go and Richards entertained amus- ingly with music and comedy, Tyler Mason was a decided hit with the ‘patrons in his blackface single, telling witty stories and puns and singing in a voice that took the house down resultant of numerous cncores, The feature photoplay is Bebe Danlels in “Take Me Home” in which vivacious Bebe gives Ther usual good role in_a story of the loves of a chorus girl, Beginning Sunday night Buddy Rogers will be offei9d in “Varsity,” a story of collegiate life with Ches- ter Conklin and Mary Brian. Active Half Century In Christian Endeavor Shreveport, La., Oct. 26 UP—Mrs. Betty Craig, 70 years old, of Shreve- port, La., widow of a Christian min- ister, has been a member of the Christian Endeavor society for 47 years. Among the first churches to or- g3nize an Endcavor society was the ¥irst Christian church of Kansas (ity, Mo, Mrs. Craig was an at- tendant of that church and became 3 charter member of its young peo- ple's organization nearly half a century ago. GRADS AID FRESHMEN Madison, Wis., Oct. (A—Grad- uate assistants of the University of Wisconsin will help freshmen adjust themselves to college life. This re- sponsibility heretofore has been as- sumed by faculty advisers. E———r———— TOUR TO Old Newgate Prison EAT AT Newgate Tavern EAST GRANBY, CONN, Chicken Dinner $1.25 STRAND - HARTFORD - 2 WEEKh (:m_" OCT. 21 Hear and See AL JOLSON “THE QINGING FOOL” Popular Prices CQONTINUOUS SATURDAY NOON TILL MIDNIGHT PARSONS’ AN INPORTANT DRAMATIC EVENT THURS.—FRL—SAT. OCT. 25—26—27 MATINKE SATURDAY, OCT. 27 MR. ARTHUR HOPKINS Annvances HIS SECOND IMPORTANT PLAY OF THIN SEASON “THESE DAYS” By Kaiherine Clagston A Cast and Production Conforming to the wwaal Artuur Hopkine Standard SEATS BY MAIL NOW Sate wpews Mubday, Oct. 28 Pces: Eves. Oreh. $2.50; Balc. $2. 238, §1: Fam. O, 35c.; Sat. Mat., gk, S0, Sntbe Ble. oL TODAY & SATURDAY (Matince Sat. at 2:15) THE GARRICK PLAYERS Prescnt Avery Hopwood’s Comedy of Gold Diggers “THE BEST PEOPLE” Call Bristol 1860 For Scats SUNDAY Comtinuous From 2:30 5 BIG TIME 5 ACTS AND PHOTOP'LAYS DOUBLE FEA' CAPITOL For today and Saturday the Capi- tol is offering a double feature pho- toplay progiam that has good en-| tertainment for everyone. The top attraction presents Charles Francis Coe's widely read Saturday Evening Post story “The 8hield of Honor," & big police melodrama with thrills and action predominating the theme, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Lew- is, Dorothy Gulliver are featured in the cast. Beginning S8unday night for a run of four days the Capitol will pre- sent the new dramatic sensation “Me Gangster,” a thrilling tale that | lifts the lid off New York's notori- ous underworld and bares the meth- ods of operation of* its denisens. and |June Collyer and Don Terry hud a large cast of stars, DANCING AT STANLEY ARENA Tonight at the Stanley Asena Kd. Gurley and his Palais Royal orches- tra will be the musical attraction and it is expected that a capacity attendance will be on hand to listen to and dance to the strains of the celebrated colored orchestra, Known throughout New England as one of the hottest colored aggregations now playing dance music, this or- chestra is enjoying wonderful suc- cess and is meeting with » great popularity wherever they appear. They wilk play at the Stanley Arena tonight and will give the very lat- est and most popular numbers known in the musical world. What Makes Us Queer? Dr. Seabury to Explain David Seabury, a consulting psy- chologist of New York city, will speak at a regular meeting of the Woman's club at the First Congre- gational church chapel on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Mr, Sea- bury's subject will be “What Makes Us All So Queer?” This will be a study of the causes of mental con- fusion and emotional disturbance. He will give reasons for hurt feel- ings, forgetfulness and irrational thought. London, Oct. 26.—(/—Londoners saw their first complete talking mo- tion picture last night and today newspaper reviewers either damned it with faint praise or scored it un- .- The - picture was “The and much of the adverse criticism was directed at the drama itself. The general verdict, however, | was that talking motion pictures, i judged by this sample, were insuf- ferably slew, tedious and unreal, TONIGHT DANCE At the Newington Grange With the Original Imperial Orch. HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE DANCE Given At ODD FELLOW’S HALL SATURDAY NIGHT, OCT. 27th CHARLESTONIAN ORCH. Admission 50c Holloween Dance UKRAISIAN HALL SAT. EVE. OCT. 27—7:30 p. m. Music by Whirlwind Orchestra Prizes ns William Johnstone +es+ Edwin Philips +.+ Blaine Koch May Buckley MacQuarrie ... Marie Bruce Stephanie Bliss Ruth Reed Miss Bignhild Veldemir Van IAlnyno . Miss Clep Aimeda Youn, Winifred Black Miss Wilda Hall , Miss Serens Lash Dolly Norris .. Marjory Rich Richard Hual Ruth Wilton Corbin Burke lard_Robertson Henrl Tase Puss . Ruth Wilcox (By Herald Reviewer) Within the memory of the pres- ent generation there has developed a certain type of young women, or elderly girl if you insist on it, who is blase, nonchalant and bored to the verge of the grave. With iconoclas- tic glee, she has awept all idols from her horigon. She is a preduct of a cocktail age in whlth money las no value, 8Buch a type forms a bnckground for the new play “These Days"” which had its premiere at Parsons’ theater, Hartford, last evening. It was written by Katharine Clubston. who studied for two years at Yale under Prof. George Pierce Baker after several years apent in a young ladies’ finishing school where, it is said, she harvested the greater part of the material in the play. .8he has done an excellent piece of work, Virginia MacRae is disgusted with the world. 8he hates her school and despises her parents because she knows that money is her mother's god and that her father has a little goddess of his own—an actress. Sha is constantly torn with emotion born ot the conviction that there is no truth in life. Her soul rebels at conditions as she finds them and, against the wishes of her parents and the admonitions of Miss Van Alstyne, head of her finishing school she marries Dwight Elbridge, son of an actor and a student at Columbia. Together they pursue their educa- tion at the New York school. Her world changes entirely. Instead of being the pampered daughter of a millionaire, she is the wife of & struggling college student denied the pretty things of life. The inevitable happens. The marriage goes to smash and the climax reveals her in her suite at a Riviera hotel with her profligate and dissolute companions celebrating her divorce. Miss Mildred McCoy gives a strong interpertation of “Ginger” MacRae. PICK O’ THE PICTURES! APITOL, TODAY and SAT. DOUBLE FEATURES The Big Police Melodrama “THE SHIELD HONOR" | Nell Hamilton, Ralph Lewis Action—Thitlls Co-Feature ANNE NICHOL'S “JUST MARRIED" A Farce Comedy of Errors with RUTH TAYLOR JAMES {TALL Soon the Capitol Screen Wil Talk! FINAL SATURDAY MATINEE BARGAIN PRICES THIS SATURDAY?! Come Early—Take Advantage of These Bargain Prices! STRAND Children Always ..... 15¢ CAPITOL Orch. . Children ... MARATHON DANCE AND CARNIVAL Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 3, Grotto Hall, West Main Street Auspices zizA Boosters MARATHON DANCE HALLOWE’EN, Continuous Music by Bacchanalians OCT. 3lst. Admission 25¢ Cash Prizes to All Couples Finishing Marathon Marathon Dance Starts 7 P. M. and Finishes at 12 P. M. Those Wishing to Enter the Marathon Dance Should Make Application to zizA Boosters, Box i _—__—“———_/._——_/I 290, types at the Helen Freeman is topping Hopkins production. McCoy'a. “These Days” will be presented again tonight and tomorrow night. There will be the usual Saturday matinee. Stefansson Tells Toronto, Ont., Oct. 26.—M— Vilhjalmur Stefansson, famous Arctic explorer, told the Empire club here that the old statement “westward the should be changed to “northward.” Starting with the birth of clvili- zation on the Tropic of Cancer each succeeding cycle of 1,000 years has seen a northward trend, he said. “Just because the Arctic is the traditional home of 8anta Claus,” he continued, *“people imagine the place | is unreal and therefore impractic- ' able. Recording thermometers of | Fort Yukon have shown an average trees grow 100 feet high, are close | together, large in diameter and nol stunted in any way.” earth Mr. Stefansson said “the people who leave Chicago for Winnipeg be- cause of economic reasons are the kind who will pointa north.” READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS —PALACE— TODAY BARBARA LEONARD and RICHARD CORTEZ in “LADIES OF THE NIGHT CLUB” -In BILL CODY in PRICE OF FEAR” TOMORROW TOWELS, SHERMAN in “THE SCARLET DOVE” Co-Feature TIM MeCOY in “THE LAW OF THE RANGE” and 3 Acts of DEVILLE COMING SUNDAY and MO Direct from the Koy, N, ¥ “THE STRANG CASE CAPTAIN RAMPER” Sensational Drama of a Folar FI that Failed and the Ntrangest P slons the Screen Has Kver Dared Show. ing story of New York’s From the Saturday Eve. At Beginning SUN DAN TON girls’ achool. Miss in the role of Miss Van Alstyne, From top to bottom, the cast is splendid, as one would expect from an Arthur But when all is said and done, the show is Miss Of Future of North course of empire takes its way" now i temperature of 80 and 100 degrees in the shade. At Great Bear lake, | Commending the north as a desir- | able and practicable portion of the | leave Winnipeg for ‘ Strong, leading scorer of the east and candidate for the backfleld of the mythical All-America team, will get one of his hardest tests of the season when he attempts to lead New York University to victory over Colgate, at Yankee Stadium tomor- tremely fast, Strong is the spear- head of the Violets' attack. He was stopped last year by Colgate, A SHOW OF SHOWS! ISTRAND —_ TODAY and SAT. — VAUDEVILLE’ MOST PRETENTIOUS GIRLIE REVUE C. B. MADDOCK'S “MIXED PICKLES” With a Cast of 2 'BROADWAY SWEETIES AND GREAT FUNSTERS! TYI l R \I \§0\ “The Southern Breeze” JACK HEDL CYNTHIA and CLAIRE | “In Songland” | F \lit-l) and RICHARDS x-a-Fun” ON THE SCREEN VIVACIOU® BEBE DANIELS the Tove Story of a Chorus Girl “TAKE ME HOME” | In CIIARI.ES CTURE' SUNDAY MARY B BRIAN CHESTER CONKL:N Beginning life, loot and love in Underworld— Starring June Cellyer and Don Terry 3 Post Story by Charles Coe the CAPITOL DAY for 4 Days CING IGHT STANLEY ARENA ED GURLEY'S PALAIS ROYAL ORCHESTRA Admission 50c - Dancing 8 to 11:30 P. M. (UP)—Ken | Albert Steiger, ne, HARTFORD row. Weighing 200 pounds and ex- | Important Fashions to Complete the Fall Ensemble Fur-Trimmed Cloth Coats In Wide Assortments—Moderately Priced $69:50 Youthful sports coats of fashion- able tweed and novelty coatings, with flattering frame-the face col- lars. Distinctive dress coats of broadcloth and suede-like materials with rich fur sets. In black and new colors. Furred with Raccoon, Wolf, Cross Fox or Beaver $98.50 . 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