Daily British Whig (1850), 25 Nov 1922, p. 17

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REV. SISTER MacDONELL After A years of devoted service and A es, twenty-five of | which | sisted by £ Rev. D. 'R. _ and Rev. Ranald McDonald, Wil % HEARD ALONG | | QUEEN'S DRAMATIC CLUB | AT THE GRAND On Wednesday night, November | 29th, Queen's University Dramatic! Club will present its annual Tacatra| Night production at the Grand Opera House. The Club feels that it has | made a. panticulariy happy choice | this year in the play 'The 'mport- | ance of Being Barnest," by Oscar | Wilde, which was characterized by | the author in his own apt way as "a trivial comedy for serious people." | "The Importance of Being Earnest," | was first produced at the St. James' | Theatre, London, on. February 14% 1896, and ever since has enjoyed a wide popularity among play readers as well as theatre-goers the world | over. It is full of humorous scenes aad abounds in those witticisms and! brilliant epigrams for which Oscar | Wilde is famous. Nor would it be | true to describe the play as entirely | "trivial." It has the faculty of mak- Ing one think while one laughs. The| caste Is one of unusual excellence, | and its Interpretation of this master- | plece of wit and epigram should not | fall to please the most exacting cri- tics. Those who attend Theatre | Night will not fail to be Interested | In the frantfc 'eleventh hour at-| tempts of the staid John Worthy and | his gay friend, Algernon. Moncrief?, | to be christened under the name of | Earnest, in the domineering person- | ality of Lady Bracknell, in the typi- | cally feminine battle between Gwen-| doline and Cecily when they find they are both engaged to the same | man; Earnest, who really does not exist; or in the very determined courtship of the Reverend Canon | Chasuble, a confirmed ""woman- thrye," by the venerable Miss Prism. | A very entertaining evening is prom- | ised to all who attend. AT THE GRAND THEATRE A IHS WEST Are you a victim of fond parents | to give you a name that is different? | Bome mothers and fathers ought to| ave to carry through life the aw- fn titles they "wish" on their off-| springs. In next week's comedy, "His Ma- Jesty," "Rex" is cursed with first name of "Bunker" and his sur- | tame is, "Bean." In addition he is| cursed with a timid disposition... . | (strange, you say, for Rex? We agree with you, but you see this is | only in the play, and Rex is a great | enough actor to make his public be- lieve that he might be timid). Now | I ask you....How can a man with | & handicap of a name like that, and | added to the name a shrinking dis- | position get anywhere in this busy! world, even though he be filled with | ability and ambition? In this case, Mr. Bean, 'or "Rex", | Wished that he might know that in | the days gone by, he might have been some great man, and that the present Mr. Bean was merely a re- incarnation of said Napoleon or Cea- sar, and with that thought firmly planted he could, without a doubt, "Turn the World on It's Axis." A grafting fortung-teller, learning of this secrét fad of his arranged to sell him a mummy of one of his late la- mented ancestors, one King of Egypt, which once in his passession trans- forms him from a timid, shrinking bue efficient stenographer, to one of the world's big business men. The fach that the mummy was made in 80 me's basement does not appear until after he has made his mark. ._ The name of the story, or the mor- al of the play, only goes to show that We are as big as we think we are, and also we are as small as we wish to imagine ourselves. This delight- ful comedy, while it carries a great glves every member of the Rex fanily a chance to step into the _ OELEBRATES JUBILEE Many Took Part in Reiigious . Geremony at Hotel Dieu, Cornwail. ------ Cornwall, Nov. 24.--An impres sive ceremony took place at she Hotel Dieu Hospital yesterday to mark the golden jubilee of Rev. Sis- ter MacDoucll, foundress of the hos- pital, a8 a member of the order of Hospitallers of St. Joseph. were spent in Cornwall, Sis- MaoDonel' is still taking part in the noble wark of the institution, beloved and revered by the commun- Pontifical high mass was celebrat. od in the chapel of the Hotel Dieu by the ev. Bishop Couturier, of Bis DP was as- the following clergymen: MacDonald, high priest: MacDonald, Glen Nevis, Deacons of honor were: Lancaster, dea- ded wv. J t, sub-deacon; son; Rev. J. A. Huo | hood. spotlight of fave ber, "Piano-V 2" will be introduced by the two kids, Joe and Gloria. 7 PICTURE AT ALLENS HANDLES PROBLEM "What's Wrong With the Wo- men?" Is Title ¢f Movie Play. Eyer since. Mother Eve imbedded her pearly teeth in the fabled ap humanity has pondered from to time the probl 5 "What's Wrong With the Women? Now comes a motion picture ti} sets for itself the same question and comes pretty close answering it--at least present high-powered, h flapperescent generation is concerned. 1t is called "What's Wrong With the Women?" produced in powerf y dramatic sequences by Daniel C on Goodman and will be shown at the Allen Theatre Thurs- day. Mr. ( sodman, with the faci ity and unc and the master storyt TF, Wastes no Ing into the core of his je bold and powerful strokes he rips aside the curtains that hid the whims, the foibles and weaknesses of the dynamo of ever-chang emotions--the Modern Woman. Is in no sense an attack on w It is In no. sens preach; although in its big treatment may be found a sermon that will shatter deceit and extravagance and weld cioser together the bonds love and human Sympathy. The story, which was written by Mr. Goodman, is a narrative dealing : lives of a2 smart group of men and women in the gilded strata of town society. Women and men, too, plunge into the maelstrom lite unrestrained. Extravagance, folly, broken hearts and twisteq souls. It won't do to reveal the plot. ---- WALLACE RED A GHOST BREAKER We have had el far as ter-ske Ww of men 1 V Vith t se of 8 of strike breakers, i i st formulas. the trust breakers, broncho busters and '1°110W no set formula brute breakers; but now we have "The Ghost Breaker," a new form of hero which Wallace Reid is mak. ing popular in his new Paramount starring vehicle of the same name, at the Strand beginning Monday, with Lila Lee, leading woman, and Walter Hiers featured with the star. The picture, as the title i a ghost story. It is not a 'em down and drag 'em out" drama, but high class entértainment with adventure, mystery, intrigue, suspense, romance and creepy scenes with weird lighting effects in an old Spanish castle --all the elements that go to make up good melodrama and cause the spectators to sit on - the edges of their seats ang watch breathlessly each new dexelopment. mplies, "knock melo- Mr. Reid has imartive role of Warren, Jarvis, a young American who shoots 'a man who has followed him from Kentucky to get him in a quarrel resulting from a revival of an ancient feud between the two families, and is then forced to flee New York to get away from the po lice. Seeking refuge in another room of the hotel where the shooting oc- curred, he tells his story to the fair occupant, who proves to be Marchesa Maria Theresa. She : young is a Spanish heiress who has come to Now York to find the plans of an ancient Spanish castle on her estate, which of late has been haunted by ghosts, who have become so bold as to spirit away her brother Carlos, a boy of ten. . Warren offers to help her. , This brings into full swing scenes : hip Rev. W, Guinevan, Alexapdria, ani Rev. A. L. Cameron, master of cere- n'onies, In the sanctuary were Very Rev. George Corbet, vicar-gemeral; Rev. M. J. Leahy, Crysler; Rev. T Fitapatrdck, Cornwall; Rev, Corbet McRae, Dickinson's Landing; Rev. Father McLeod, Montreal; Rev. Bro. Laserian, representing the Presenta- tion Brothers; Rev. Sisters Hazelion and Mary of the Angels, representing the Hotel Dieu, Kingstosf, and Rev. Bister Odella, representing the Hotel Dieu, Montreal. : In a brief address His Lordship referred to the divine beauty of the Mfe of those who consecrate them- selves to ministering to the sick and suffering. After the mass, Sister MacDonell renewed her vows and received holy communion, Among those present at the service were Dr. C. J. Hamilton, Dr. D. O. Alguire, Dr. Harold Mack, Dr."J. A. Taslen, Mrs. Nichol and Miss Dorothy Nickle. The members of the Naza- reth Society, of which Sister Mac- Donel! was the organizer, attended in a body. f A number of relatives and friends from a distance were present. Rev. Sister MacDonel received many gifts, including a gold lunette and gold candlesticks for the chapel. a number of gold pieces and flowers. The ladies of the Nazareth Orphan- age Society presented a purse of fifty dollars in gold. : Mamy congratulatory leiters and telegrams were received from rela- tives and friends at a distauce, : RSE i, , ually THE DAILY ZRITISH WH ed with dramatic action and gen- - thrill. There is plenty of relish» £¢ supplied by Walter . who as a colored valet, does emarkable feats in the Spanish when the ghost Hunt begins. a dull moment in the ¢ » and each of the support- 2 roles, played by Arthur Carewe, es'Raynmrond and J. P. MacDon- e in capable hands. ---------- "THE DUNBELLS" gfe AN INTERVEW With many doubts as to, the out- come a young lady reporter from the Montreal Star went after the "Dum- bells" in quest of an interview. {Here is how she tells it it dy, { | | "It's publicity, the pdblicity man; else could you expe: {it wasn't that. Then what {that drew the crowd to The Dum- | bells, show Tr 'show? Was | Captain Plunkett's comfortable ro- | tundness 1 his famous smile, or was it the y8 who were just boys, jand the appeal of the i an And | what made ach { other like -bread that Bill T I made when they. pla 1 his 61d home-town ? The Star reporter started to inves tigate. Captain!" says but then, what t from him? No, . L a ) Interview the Du...- she announced ca "I'm going tc bells, en ma to Capt noon. The brave captain didn't bat an eyelid. Interview the bunch en masse! He heamed his biggest grin, and wisely shook his head. Ah, he has learned a few things, has this Orillia lad who organized the Dum- KINGST was it | it | n Plunkett one after- | The bells in' France ip '17 as soldier en- Jieriaiaers. and he knew his boys! | "They'll not talk to you when in a { bunch," he warned her, "I'll get {them to talk to you separately, {you'll get more out of them." And so the reporter interviewed them separately--but not before she got | their captain to give her some "in- side information' about the organiz- ation and, incidentally, about the boys themselves. Sitting before his desk, smiling amiably, he talked away, for unlike his brother, Al, he was, as he expressed it, "the talker of the family." The history of the organization-- th formation of the Divisional en- tertainment corps at the front; the name from the 3rd Division code word, dumbell; their fame as soldier entertainers, the two weeks at the London Coliseum, followed by their tours as a regular theatrical organiz- ation-- "We is mmon _ property . now. no longer consider ourselves in the amateur class," Captain Plunk- (ett sald. "We compete with legitim~ ate productions, and we BC at it |cold-bloodedly." | Formerly either a bank clerk, far- jmer, design grocery boy, hotel |clerk, jazz drummer, ete, and with {few execeptions, al] Possessing some {amateur theatrical training, there are several reasons why these boys did not go back to their old jobs af- t the war was over. As Alan { Murray, he who became a "girl" be- {cause he cduld dance backwards, isald: fans one of the boys ever dreamt of {Boing back to their jobs. The mere of it filled me with dread." eriously: *I Buess we were {most of us at loose ends, and there | Was no question about going back {with the boys again. You sce, we had got used to each other, living together as we did." And as anoth- er put it: "I couldn't see the boys STRONG PHOTOD | ! | : ot me | There are a few trail bi {the motion picture industry upon | whom the arti tic development of {the silent dramatic art largely de- pends. They are precedent-make:r;, not followers. They do not do the j usual thing. Routine, made-to-order | plots never appeal to them. They They want novelty 1d originality. They gre the creative directors who are achieving the really big things on the screen today. | ar | | | i i } i ) | | | | { i 1 Such a director is John M. Stah!, who has the foresight and the cour- jage to leave the "beaten track' and {do things which others in the pro- fession less able than himself have feared to do. And the success which {dependent productions would indie, jate that eourage and originality are | | not out of place on the screen. Mr. Stahl again departed from usual custom. Instead of having an PN rr----r----------------------_--. cluding Sister MacDonell's Mrs. Angus MacDonald, of St. Minn., and her nephews, also o city sister, Paul, f that RE ---- i PREJUDICES AROUSED BY TORIES OF LANARK Pope and Dr, Preston Cause Resentment. Perth, Nov. 24. --Lanark electors today voiced disapproval of the tac. ties of some of the speakers at tha Conservative meeting in Smiths Falls Wednesday night. Many of the Conservatives themselves = resented the appeals to religious and nation- al prejudice which were made. At the meeting a large portion of tha Conservativeg present plainly show- ed their disapproval, preferring the style adopted by H. A. Stewart, M.P., Brockville » Who spoke with- out resorting to tirades known only fn the campaigns of years ago. People now want issues discussad intelligently. Neither were veiled charges of corruption against the Liberals ap- proved. | The Liberals at their various meetings last night did not retalia-e w'th similar abuse. They st: to the issues. of the campaign, ahd in . sticking with them found no replies [to the Conservative campaign ora- tors necessary, as no real eriticlam of Liberal principles or : § RAMA AT | TLE ALLEN ON MONDAY azers In) attract { has Been enjoyed by some of his in- | re ------------ ---- Appeals Uttered by Senator] Liberai ad- ive young girl as the \central figure in a rhotodrama, he has made the leading character of his latest production for Louis B. Mayer a woman well beyond middle age. The picture is called '*The Sons It is a First National at- and it will 'be shown at the eatre next week, beginning traction Allen Th Monday. The production is of the all-star variety. The chief character, that of the elderly woman around whom the plot revolves, is portrayed, by Georgia Wocedthorpe, a celebrated character jctress, whose stage ex- perience dates back to Edwin Booty in 'Hamlet." Other principals in the cast ara Gaston Glass, of "Humoresque" fame, Grace Dgrmongd, individual star of many pictures; ang litt:a ichard Headrick, diminutive fay. i orjte in "Playthings of Destiny," with Anita Stewart; "The Woman in His House" ang "The Child Thou Gavest Me." Ernest Palmer, "The Miracle Man," camera work {n "The Song of Life." Joha M. Suan! is the author of the theme which was developed for the sereen by Bess Meredyth, a scenario writer of note, Human in- terest ¥s the goal which Mr. Stahl has striven for in his screen inter- pretation of the story. From the consummate skill which kept this element to the fore "The Child Thou *Gavest Me" and "The Wom- an in His House" there is mo Jaubt {but what this picture will touch tne heart th its appeal. "Producers are getting over the mistaken idea that Just a Pew stan. dard types of motion pictures can | be successful," says Mr. Stab! "It {1s a good sign, and it means that {the artistic growth of motion pic tures is going to make far more ra- pid strides in the future than it has photographer o* Is chief of the | ! i } | with curiosity as the Captain prescribed bit of gum, IG. join | play my home-town and not them!" Then, financially, they are gener- ously provided for, ail working toge- | ther on a uniform salary and a co- operative basis. There are several! who have been offered bigger prices by other theatrical managers be- cause they are really the high-lights of the show, and there are others who, if the Dumbells were to close. | might give up their theatrical ambi-| tions, but so far, they are all stick- ing together. | Stage-door up| led | the reporter back-stage during the Matinee performance. A few min-| vies later, Jimmy Goode, the black- | face comedian, walked pdst and gave her a long, cool look that made her wonder what on earth she was doing | there! In a box-like corner, with! trunks on both s!des of her, and the | -back drop in front of her, the Cap- | tain gave the reporter one chair and | placed another for each boy as he| came up to be interviewed. It re-| minded the reporter of a certain in-| cident when a bunch of harum-scar- | um school girls trooped in, one by one, to the principal's awe-inspiring | office to explain to the stern-faced | teacher how their examination pap-| ers had mysteriously disappeared! | Al Plunkett, with his winning per-| sonality, gave the impression when | he came up that he were a victim | being led to slaughter. In The Pro-| digal's checked suit, with cap in hand, he sat down o the chair. "Tell me where you get that debonair manner when you sing! 'My Lady's Dress,' began the re-! porter, trying to put him at ease. { Shy, almost scared-looking, he| didn't' know what to say, and only| blushed the deeper as he smiled the| Plunkett smile. Things weren't pro-! gressing at all, when along came al troop of curious lads, with the teas-| ing Al Murray leading them on. Like! the "girl" he is, he was chewing the! and became talkative right away, introducing the | rest to the reporter. Then turning! again to her: | "What's Albert telling you now? | Don't believe everything they tell you; most of it is bosh, anyway." He, was making t (&s.easy by launch-' ing into a storyi{of how Someone in the wings was telling jokes while Albert was trying to sing on the | stage one day, with disastrous re-| sults to the singing. ! The atmosphere cleared ana Plun-| kett got talking about his work. «| like it," he made a beginning, "| used to do amateur work at home-- | sang with my brother and did church | work. I never had stage ambitions, | but just stuck to It because we were all together in France The senti- ment of the thing, I guess, i¥ what appeals to the audience, to a question. "Ang then it is the! combination of personality and work, for we all work for the inferest of the show together, doing the chorus work with as much interests as the Individual numbers." Having delivered this long lecture, he was again on the edge of the chair, heard his cue, and shakin with a relieved look, he was a minute. The Captain strolled along. "Ww how are you getting on?" he asked. The reporter confessed not very well, and begged him not to scare the oth- ers so! "Guess we'll have a hard job keeping them away!" came the comment from one of the boys who had overheard the remark, and, laughing, the Captaig went off for "Next, please!" * Some came lookin ease, others, accust viewers, probab y, ily of themselves, their hopes of the the foundations loungers looked | seemingly fidgeting when he 2 hands | gone in ell, & plainly ill at omed to Inter- talked quite eas- thelr ambitions, Dumbell laying of a teal Canadian theatrical unit; and others yet, like Fred Fenwick, Jock Holland and Al} Murray, got the reporter so mixed up trying to figure out who was who, that she didn't hemr half what they were saying. Yet she could write a book, if she were to tell all she did in the past. Ny hear! n the edge of|f§ ON'S THEATRE ROW eR marr "= GRAND Wed., Nov. 29th Queen's Dramatic Club sresens THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST A COMEDY IN 3 ACTS. BY OSCAR WILDE, PRICES: SOc, T3ec. $1.00. Seats on sale for on November 27th. For Public at Hox Students at Old Arts Building Oflice, November 25th. HOUSE 3 DAYS, CoMMENCING Thursday, Nov. 30 Curtain at 8.135 sharp. OUR OWN Rex Stock Company In Another Popular Comedy "HIS MAJESTY?" VAUDEVILLE BETW EEN ACTS 20c., 30c., 50c¢, GALLERY .... 10c CHILDREN, 10c.; ADULTS, 28¢. . MES Ann nng wded ZANA REN Pot Aer ares rg ara gee A Picture Cro With Action-- S =the greasc and grime of domestic drudgery finds its way into a woman's soul, Husbands don't seem to understand. Young wives don't seem to understand, You will when you see this story of dishes and discontent. With LITTLE RICHARD HEADRICK, GASTON GLASS AND GRACE DARMOND . A VERITABLE CARNIVAL op MERRIMENT With a Knockout at the Finlah "A WEAKENED PARTY" 2000 Feet Of Laughs. " In answer |% STRAND WALLACE REID "The Ghost Breaker" SUPPORTED BY LILA LEE and WALTER HIERS A SURPRISING COMEDY ROMANCE, WITH A GREAT CAST OF FAVORITES ADDED ATTRACTIONS: COMEDY: "THE SKIPPER'S SERMON" PATHE NEWS PATHE REVIEW NO ADVANCE IN PRICES, * To know of evil in others and not speak it is sometimes discretion; to speak evil of others and not know 1 is always dishonest. : ' Portsmouth taxpayers save two per cent. by paying taxes on or be- fore 27th November. Tweddell's Sale of Overcoats, $19. [ the campaign. The Liberals know that many electors resent such ap- peals as were mada by Senator Ra? fus' Pope and Dr. Preston, Conserv- ative candidate. The appeal, it is commonly admitted, is resorted to because the Conservatives are badly | frightened. as to the outcome ani! are now in the win-at-all-costs | class, David Findlay, Liberal candidat, issued a manifesto to the electors to- day, in which he states, after saying he regards the present problems of Canada as being economic and busi- ness considerations, that the King Government, although of the kind required in Canada, has not a straight majority in the House. His election, he : } tors, would give the Government a majority. He speaks of the" fulfils ment of the Liberal promises on the railway question. "Thé: Government," phe saye, "placed the administration of the railways in the hands of the best nan it could find, Sir Henry Thora- ton, and has guaranteed him free- dom from all interference." Not six newspapers in Canada had a word of censure, the manifesto continues, On the tariff, he says, although points out to the elee-|. the Conservatives §clared that fac- tories would go out of commission if the Liberals were elected, not & | factory had closed, and at the same time tariff reductions 'were made on 59 articles, to the relief of the con- | Sir Henry Thornton, Canadian National Railway mer employees in England. Way system is popular among his for- | In presented with a silver cigar casket, on behalf of 'encouraged in Ii: district. cup is seen in 1! clubs which he has golf challenge the newly appointed chief Fearlegs! A ding Prophetic! Stag rt ang elation of "the heart a of Modern We. sEg™ --. of the being : the golf | The Thorn- reground. rr = a : ALLEN Notiing is done tn whiss Oy remains sbmething to be dope the picture he is seen

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